Chapter 4: Developmental Psychology Throughout the Life Span

Chapter 4: Developmental Psychology Throughout the Life Span

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

Multiple Choice

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

 

____     1.   Nurse Toni’s assignment included a 41-year-old male client. Per Erikson, which developmental stage is the patient at?

A.	Focus on having a family
B.	Does not assume responsibility for his actions
C.	Unable to solve problems
D.	Perceptions are based on illusions

 

 

____     2.   A nursing intervention for the initial phase of grief should focus on:

A.	Ignoring the patient until your presence is requested.
B.	Staying available to provide support when the person demonstrates distress.
C.	Insisting the person face reality of the loss.
D.	Organizing a support group to provide a support system.

 

 

____     3.   Joy is occupied exclusively with thoughts of her father’s death. Although Joy is preoccupied with his death, she is still planning to purchase a gift for his birthday, which would have been in two more weeks. Dr. Leone advises the nurse to assist Joy through this stage of grief, which is known as:

A.	Denial.
B.	Anger.
C.	Bargaining.
D.	Acceptance.

 

 

____     4.   Freud defines the ego as:

A.	Helping to determine what is right and what is wrong.
B.	Being concerned with self-gratification.
C.	Focusing on reality.
D.	The part where a person is only concerned with one’s individual needs.

 

 

____     5.   A 16-year-old adolescent is hospitalized and acting like a child. According to Erik Erikson, what is the appropriate developmental task?

A.	Industry vs. inferiority
B.	Integrity vs. despair
C.	Identity vs. role confusion
D.	Trust vs. mistrust

 

Chapter 4: Developmental Psychology Throughout the Life Span

Answer Section

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

1. ANS:  A

The developmental tasks for adults aged 21–45 are generativity vs. stagnation.

 

PTS:   1

REF:   Chapter 4: Developmental Psychology Throughout the Life Span: Developmental Theorist-Erickson; Table 4-2, Erikson’s Eight Stages of Development; page 55

KEY:  Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Analysis | Content Area: Mental Health: Developmental Theory | Cognitive Level: Analysis | Client Need: Health Promotion and Maintenance: Developmental Stages and Transitions

 

2. ANS:  B

The initial phase of grief is denial. The individual may have difficulty facing the scope of the loss initially, so being available to support him or her when the emotions come is important.

 

PTS:   1

REF:   Chapter 4: Developmental Psychology Throughout the Life Span; Elisabeth Kübler-Ross/Death and Dying; page 69-70

KEY:  Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Implementation | Content Area: Mental Health: Grief | Cognitive Level: Application | Client Need: Psychosocial Integrity: Grief and Loss

 

3. ANS:  A

To protect themselves from the pain of the death, people use denial to unconsciously avoid facing reality and pain from the loss. Denial can seem irrational and can be intermittent.

 

PTS:   1

REF:   Chapter 4: Developmental Psychology Throughout the Life Span; Elisabeth Kübler-Ross/Death and Dying; Table 4-8 Five Stages of Grief/Death and Dying; page 69

KEY:  Integrated Processes: Caring | Content Area: Mental Health: Grief | Cognitive Level: Synthesis | Client Need: Psychosocial Integrity: Coping Mechanism

 

4. ANS:  C

The ego is responsible for meeting and interacting with the outside world. The id is balanced by the ego.

 

PTS:   1

REF:   Chapter 4: Developmental Psychology Throughout the Life Span; Freud; Table 4-1, Freud’s Stages of Development; page 42

KEY:  Integrated Processes: Teaching/Learning | Content Area: Growth and Development | Cognitive Level: Knowledge | Client Need: Health Promotion and Maintenance: Developmental Stages and Transitions

 

5. ANS:  C

A 16-year-old is experiencing role confusion perhaps in response to the stress of hospitalization.

 

PTS:   1

REF:   Chapter 4: Developmental Psychology Throughout the Life Span; Table 4-2, Erikson’s Eight Stages of Development; page 54-55

KEY:   Integrated Processes: Teaching/Learning | Content Area: Mental Health: Development | Cognitive