The nurse is observing parents playing with their 10-month-old ...

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The nurse is observing parents playing with their 10-month-old child. Which should the nurse recognize as evidence that the child is developing object permanence?
 
  a. Looks for the toy that parents hide under the blanket
  b. Returns the blocks to the same spot on the table
  c. Recognizes that a ball of clay is the same when flattened out
  d. Bangs two cubes held in her hands

Question 2

A nurse is conducting parenting classes for parents of children ranging in ages 2 to 7 years. The parents understand the term egocentrism when they indicate it means:
 
  a. selfishness.
  b. self-centeredness.
  c. preferring to play alone.
  d. unable to put self in another's place.

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
Object permanence is the realization that items that leave the visual field still exist. When the infant searches for the toy under the blanket, it is an indication that object permanence has developed. Returning the blocks to the same spot on the table is not an example of object permanence. Recognizing that a ball of clay is the same when flattened out is an example of conservation, which occurs during the concrete operations stage from 7 to 11 years. Banging two cubes together is a simple repetitive activity characteristic of developing a sense of cause and effect.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
According to Piaget, children ages 2 to 7 years are in the preoperational stage of development. Children interpret objects and events not in terms of their general properties but in terms of their relationships or their use to them. This egocentrism does not allow children of this age to put themselves in another's place. Selfishness, self-centeredness, and preferring to play alone do not describe the concept of egocentricity.