Author Question: You are consulting to a childrens hospital in a developing country where it is the tradition to keep ... (Read 28 times)

geodog55 · **on:** Jun 21, 2018

You are consulting to a childrens hospital in a developing country where it is the tradition to keep hospitalized children separated from the family for fear of infection. What the staff has noticed, however, is that children tend to get very listless and sad-looking the longer this procedure goes on. You have been reading John Bowlby and about St. Judes Childrens Research Hospital in Memphis, TN. Based on these sources, you recommend that the current procedure

a. continue, but that special nurses be hired to engage the children in play.
b. continue, but steps should be take to reduce the length of stay in hospital for the children.
c. be discontinued and either children should be cared for at home or families be encouraged to spend as much time as possible with the child.
d. be discontinued and specially trained family surrogates who are known to be infection-free be hired to spend time with the children.

Question 2

A neo-Freudian theory that focuses on the cognitive and emotional processes involved in intimate relationships is known as ________ theory.

a. ego
b. self-other
c. interpersonal
d. object-relations

meltdown117 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 21, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer: c: be discontinued and either children should be cared for at home or families be encouraged to spend as much time as possible with the child.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: d: object-relations