What describes a toddler's cognitive development at age 20 ...

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What describes a toddler's cognitive development at age 20 months?
 
  a. Searches for an object only if he or she sees it being hidden
  b. Realizes that out of sight is not out of reach
  c. Puts objects into a container but cannot take them out
  d. Understands the passage of time such as just a minute and in an hour

Question 2

The nurse is planning care for a 17-month-old child. According to Piaget, in what stage would the nurse expect the child to be?
 
  a. Trust c. Secondary circular reaction
  b. Preoperations d. Tertiary circular reaction

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
At this age the child is in the final sensorimotor stage. Children will now search for an object in several potential places, even though they saw only the original hiding place. Children have a more developed sense of objective permanence. They will search for objects even if they have not seen them hidden. Putting an object in a container but being unable to take it out indicates tertiary circular reactions. An embryonic sense of time exists; although toddlers may behave appropriately to time-oriented phrases, their sense of timing is exaggerated.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
The 17-month-old is in the fifth stage of the sensorimotor phase: tertiary circular reactions. The child uses active experimentation to achieve previously unattainable goals. Trust is Erikson's first stage. Preoperations is the stage of cognitive development, usually present in older toddlers and preschoolers. Secondary circular reactions last from about ages 4 to 8 months.