Author Question: A nurse, instructing parents of a hospitalized preschool child, explains that which is descriptive ... (Read 131 times)

biggirl4568 · **on:** Jun 28, 2018

A nurse, instructing parents of a hospitalized preschool child, explains that which is descriptive of the preschooler's understanding of time?

a. Has no understanding of time
b. Associates time with events
c. Can tell time on a clock
d. Uses terms like yesterday appropriately

Question 2

A nurse is assessing a preschool-age child and notes the child exhibits magical thinking. According to Piaget, which describes magical thinking?

a. Events have cause and effect.
b. God is like an imaginary friend.
c. Thoughts are all-powerful.
d. If the skin is broken, the child's insides will come out.

Tonyam972 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 28, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
In a preschooler's understanding, time has a relation with events such as We'll go outside after lunch. Preschoolers develop an abstract sense of time at age 3 years. Children can tell time on a clock at age 7 years. Children do not fully understand use of time-oriented words until age 6 years.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
Because of their egocentrism and transductive reasoning, preschoolers believe that thoughts are all-powerful. Cause-and-effect implies logical thought, not magical thinking. Thinking God is like an imaginary friend is an example of concrete thinking in a preschooler's spiritual development. Thinking that if the skin is broken, the child's insides will come out is an example of concrete thinking in development of body image.