A parent reports to the nurse that his child is learning new ...

[Shelles]

A parent reports to the nurse that his child is learning new words faster than he can write them in the baby book. According to Piaget, this child is in which of the following phases?
 
  1. Intuitive thought phase
  2. Preconceptual phase
  3. Concrete operations phase
  4. Formal operations phase

Question 2

A 20-month-old child is a client on the pediatric unit of a hospital. The nurse notices that this child is lagging in stage 6 of Piaget's phases of cognitive development. Which activity would indicate that this child is struggling at this stage?
 
  1. The child wants the same toy to sleep with during naptime and bedtime.
  2. The child merely watches as the other children pretend-play.
  3. The child cries when the parents leave the unit.
  4. The child does not cooperate with some of the treatments.

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Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1: The intuitive thought phase is from age 4 to 7 years and is where egocentric thinking diminishes. The child thinks of one idea at a time and includes others in the environment.
Rationale 2: Ages 2 to 4 years, according to Piaget, is the preconceptual phase where the child uses an egocentric approach to accommodate the demands of an environment. Language development is rapid and the child associates words with objects.
Rationale 3: The concrete operations phase, ages 7 to 11, is where the child solves concrete problems. The child also begins to understand relationships such as size, right, and left, and is cognizant of viewpoints.
Rationale 4: During the formal operations phase (ages 11 to 15) the child uses rational thinking, and reasoning is deductive and futuristic.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1: Ritual is important for the child of the tertiary circular reaction, age 12 to 18 months.
Rationale 2: In this stage of development, inventions of new means, children interpret the environment by mental image. They use make-believe and pretend-play. A child who is unable to do this would not be demonstrating the behavior that is significant at this stage.
Rationale 3: Crying when parents leave the unit and not cooperating with certain medical treatments is normal behavior for children of various ages, especially when hospitalized, and would not indicate lags in development.
Rationale 4: Not cooperating with certain medical treatments is normal behavior for children of various ages, especially when hospitalized, and would not indicate lags in development.

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