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NU131 EXAM 3 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED 2026
Family
Two or more people who have chosen to live together and share interests, roles,
and resources. All families are bound together by attachment and commitment
What do all family's share?
Goals of survival and personal fulfillment of family members.
What are the basic functions of the family?
Physical maintenance of family members, protection, nurturance, socialization,
education, reproduction, and recreation.
What distinct stages of development do families go through?
Couple, childbearing, grown child, and the older family stage
What can influence the child's development?
Birth order
Depending how family members relate to each other, families can be classified
as...
Autocratic, authoritative, permissive, or uninvolved
Primary prevention of family violence
Is aimed at reducing the risk through teaching parenting skills
Secondary prevention of family violence
Focused on rehabilitation after the abuse has occurred
Growth
Increase in size
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Development
Refers to the acquisition of skills
Growth and development occur simultaneously and are ...
Interdependent
Mauration
Total process in which a child's potential unfolds, regardless of practice.
What are the two major influences on growth and development?
Heredity and environment
What are the 5 universally recognized basic assumptions about growth and
development are that they...
1. Progress in an orderly manner (simple to complex)
2. Are continuous processes
3. Occur at highly individualized rates
4. Affect all body systems and stages
5. Together form a total process
What does the understanding of each kids personality have to do with nursing
care
Promotes health and provides health care to individuals
Defense mechanisms
Techniques used at all stages of life to assist persons in coping with anxiety
Freud's 5 stages of psychosexual development
Oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital
Erickson's theory of psychosocial development covers an entire life span, certain
tasks need to be accomplished in each of the eight stages... What are the 8
stages?
NU131
NU131 EXAM 3 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED 2026
Family
Two or more people who have chosen to live together and share interests, roles,
and resources. All families are bound together by attachment and commitment
What do all family's share?
Goals of survival and personal fulfillment of family members.
What are the basic functions of the family?
Physical maintenance of family members, protection, nurturance, socialization,
education, reproduction, and recreation.
What distinct stages of development do families go through?
Couple, childbearing, grown child, and the older family stage
What can influence the child's development?
Birth order
Depending how family members relate to each other, families can be classified
as...
Autocratic, authoritative, permissive, or uninvolved
Primary prevention of family violence
Is aimed at reducing the risk through teaching parenting skills
Secondary prevention of family violence
Focused on rehabilitation after the abuse has occurred
Growth
Increase in size
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Development
Refers to the acquisition of skills
Growth and development occur simultaneously and are ...
Interdependent
Mauration
Total process in which a child's potential unfolds, regardless of practice.
What are the two major influences on growth and development?
Heredity and environment
What are the 5 universally recognized basic assumptions about growth and
development are that they...
1. Progress in an orderly manner (simple to complex)
2. Are continuous processes
3. Occur at highly individualized rates
4. Affect all body systems and stages
5. Together form a total process
What does the understanding of each kids personality have to do with nursing
care
Promotes health and provides health care to individuals
Defense mechanisms
Techniques used at all stages of life to assist persons in coping with anxiety
Freud's 5 stages of psychosexual development
Oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital
Erickson's theory of psychosocial development covers an entire life span, certain
tasks need to be accomplished in each of the eight stages... What are the 8
stages?
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