The nurse assessing a young school-aged child finds that this ...

[JMatthes]

The nurse assessing a young school-aged child finds that this child has the skill of classification. Having this skill means the child will be able to do which of the following?
 
  a. Add by 2s up to 10 and subtract back to 0.
  b. Name the capitals of the 50 states in the United States.
  c. Sort animals according to dogs, cats, horses, and other types.
  d. Understand and use the Dewey decimal system in the library.

Question 2

A father asks the nurse to explain what people mean when they use the term latency, because someone recently referred to his 7-year-old child as being in latency. Which of the following is the most accurate response the nurse could give?
 
  a. When children are gaining weight or height slower than the average child, this is referred to as latency growth.
  b. Beginning at age 6 and lasting throughout the school-aged years, the child has a calm period in sexual development that is called latency.
  c. When children are experiencing physical and emotional changes preparing them for puberty, this is latency.
  d. This is a developmental period between the preschool period and the prepubescent period.

[AngeliqueG]

Answer to Question 1

C

Feedback
A Incorrect: The skill of reversibility is important when the child learns addition and subtraction.
B Incorrect: This is not an example of classification.
C Correct: The skill of classification means the child has the ability to group items according to common characteristics.
D Incorrect: This is not an example of classification.

Answer to Question 2

B

Feedback
A Incorrect: This is not the correct definition of latency.
B Correct: According to Freud's psychosexual theory, starting at age 6 years and throughout school-age, the child enters a calm period in the development of sexuality called latency.
C Incorrect: This is not the correct definition of latency.
D Incorrect: This is not the correct definition of latency.

[JMatthes]

Correct answers!

[AngeliqueG]

Great! Please up vote