The parents of a 4-year-old ask the nurse when their child will ...

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The parents of a 4-year-old ask the nurse when their child will be able to differentiate right from wrong and develop morals. What would be the best response of the nurse?
 
  A) 'The preschooler has no sense of right and wrong.'
  B) 'The preschooler is developing a conscience.'
  C) 'The preschooler sees morality as internal to self.'
  D) 'The preschooler's morals are their own, right or wrong.'

Question 2

The nurse is caring for a 5-year-old girl posttonsillectomy. The girl looks out the window and tells the nurse that it is raining and says, The sky is crying because it is sad that my throat hurts.
 
  The nurse understands that the girl is demonstrating which mental process?
 
  A) Magical thinking
  B) Centration
  C) Transduction
  D) Animism

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Answer to Question 1

Ans: B
The preschool child can understand the concepts of right and wrong and is developing a conscience. Preschool children see morality as external to themselves; they defer to power (that of the adult). The child's moral standards are those of their parents or other adults who influence them, not necessarily their own.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: A
The nurse understands that the girl is demonstrating magical thinking. Magical thinking is a normal part of preschool development. The preschool-age child believes her thoughts to be all-powerful. Transduction is reasoning by viewing one situation as the basis for another situation whether or not they are truly causally linked. Animism is attributing life-like qualities to inanimate objects. Centration is focusing on one aspect of a situation while neglecting others.

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