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Chapter 9. Growth and Development Throughout the Lifespan

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

1. The nurse recognizes that the term for the physical changes that occur in the size of human beings is
A. Growth.
B. Spirituality.
C. Regression.
D. Development.

2. The nurse recognizes that the increase in complexity of skills performed by a person is called
A. Growth.
B. Regression.
C. Ambivalence.
D. Development.

3. The nurse recognizes that the physical size and functioning of a person is called
A. Moral development.
B. Physical development.
C. Cognitive development.
D. Psychosocial development.

4. The nurse recognizes that the ability to think at higher levels and develop a value system that
differentiates right from wrong is called
A. Moral development.
B. Physical development.
C. Cognitive development.
D. Psychosocial development.

5. The nurse recognizes that how an individual learns is called
A. Moral development.
B. Physical development.
C. Cognitive development.
D. Psychosocial development.

6. The nurse recognizes that the type of development that occurs throughout one’s life in distinct
stages, each stage requiring that specific tasks must be mastered, is called
A. Moral development.
B. Physical development.
C. Cognitive development.
D. Psychosocial development.

7. A psychologist who theorized that cognitive development occurs from birth to adolescence in an
orderly sequence of four stages is
A. Jean Piaget.
B. Erik Erikson.

, C. James Fowler.
D. Lawrence Kohlberg.

8. A psychoanalyst who theorized that psychosocial development occurs throughout one’s life in
distinct stages is
A. Jean Piaget. B.
Erik Erikson. C.
James Fowler.
D. Lawrence Kohlberg.

9. A developmental psychologist who defined faith as a universal concern that is a process of
developing trust and who developed six stages of spiritual development is
A. Jean Piaget. B.
Erik Erikson. C.
James Fowler.
D. Lawrence Kohlberg.

10. An American psychologist who acknowledged that not all people reach all stages of moral
development, and who based his theory on preconventional morality, conventional morality,
and postconventional morality is
A. Jean Piaget. B.
Erik Erikson. C.
James Fowler.
D. Lawrence Kohlberg.

11. The nurse is caring for a toddler who obeys authority in order to avoid punishment. The nurse
recognizes that the toddler is in the stage of Lawrence Kohlberg’s moral development theory that
is called
A. Conventional morality.
B. Preoperational morality.
C. Preconventional morality.
D. Postconventional morality.

12. The nurse is caring for a child who wants his parents to buy him a cat when he gets better. The
parents refuse because they are both allergic to cat hair. The child states, “That’s not fair. I want a
cat.” The nurse recognizes that the child is in the stage of Lawrence Kohlberg’s moral
development theory that is called
A. Conventional morality.
B. Preoperational morality.
C. Preconventional morality.
D. Postconventional morality.

13. An adolescent volunteers to read to hospitalized children without being paid. The nurse recognizes
that the adolescent is in the stage of Lawrence Kohlberg’s moral development theory that is called
A. Conventional morality.
B. Preoperational morality.
C. Preconventional morality.

, D. Postconventional morality.

14. An adolescent actively participates in scouting activities. The nurse recognizes that the adolescent is
in the stage of Lawrence Kohlberg’s moral development theory that is called
A. Conventional morality.
B. Preoperational morality.
C. Preconventional morality.
D. Postconventional morality.
15. The nurse is caring for a patient who was hit by a drunk driver while stopped in his vehicle at a red
light. The patient states, “I always stop at a red light even when no one is watching and there is no
other traffic.” The nurse recognizes that the patient is in the stage of Lawrence Kohlberg’s moral
development theory that is called
A. Conventional morality.
B. Preoperational morality.
C. Preconventional morality.
D. Postconventional morality.

16. The nurse is caring for a patient who has been attending a local university to earn a law degree. The
patient states, “I want to earn my degree so that I can fight for justice and human rights for people
throughout the world.” The nurse recognizes that the patient is in the stage of Lawrence Kohlberg’s
moral development theory that is called
A. Conventional morality.
B. Preoperational morality.
C. Preconventional morality.
D. Postconventional
morality.
17. The mother of a 1-year-old child asks the nurse how much her child should weigh. The nurse asks
the mother what the child weighed at birth. The mother responds that the child weighed 7 pounds
and 8 ounces at birth. The nurse tells the mother that the child’s weight at 1 year of age should be
A. 21.5 pounds.
B. 22.5 pounds.
C. 23.5 pounds.
D. 24.5 pounds.

18. The nurse instructs a postpartum patient who wishes to breastfeed to gently touch the infant’s cheek
that is closest to her breast in order to cause the infant to turn toward the breast and open his or her
mouth to find milk. The nurse explains to the patient this will elicit the
A. Moro reflex.
B. Rootingreflex.
C. Sucking reflex.
D. Babinski reflex.

19. When teaching a student nurse about performing an assessment on a neonate, the nurse strokes the
sole of the infant’s foot, which causes fanning of the toes while the great toe pulls upward. The nurse
teaches the student nurse that this assessment finding is
A. Indicative of cerebral edema.

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