NR 222 WEEK 6 EDAPT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is the primary reason students entering health-related fields study developmental theories? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Understanding developmental theory helps the nurse better predict, detect, and
prevent problems that may impact a client's health.
A nurse assesses an infant's height, weight, and head circumference. Which type of development is the
healthcare professional assessing? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Biophysical
Cephalocaudal development means growth is FASTEST/SLOWEST at the top of the body.
Proximodistal development means growth starts at the CENTER/EXTREMITIES. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Fastest
Center
cephalocaudal development - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Development that occurs from the top of the head
down to the extremities.
proximodistal development - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Development that occurs from the core or centre
of the body outwards (towards the extremities)
What are the 4 types of developmental theories to understand human development? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Biophysical
Psychosocial
Cognitive
Moral
Biophysical Development - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅How the human bodies grow and change over time
Most common biophysical theory used by healthcare professionals is - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Gesell's
Theory of Development
,psychosocial development - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Human development based on personality, thinking,
and behavior
Most common psychosocial theory used by healthcare professionals is - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Erikson's
Theory of Psychosocial Development
Cognitive Development - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅How an individual learns to think and makes sense of
the world from childhood to adulthood
Most common cognitive theory used by healthcare professionals is - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Piaget's
Theory of Cognitive Development
Moral development - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Changes in an individual's thoughts emotions, and
behaviors that influence beliefs about what is right and wrong
The most common moral theory used by healthcare professionals is - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Kohlberg's
Theory of Moral Development.
Which growth pattern represents proximodistal development? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The heart and
lungs develop before the lower extremities
Identifying Types of Development: Psychosocial - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅How our personality, thinking,
and behavior develop
Identifying Types of Development: Cognitive - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅How we learn to think and make
sense of the world
Identifying Types of Development: Moral - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅How our thoughts, emotions, and
behaviors influence beliefs about right and wrong
,Erik Erikson's Theory of Psychosocial Development - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Individuals need to
accomplish a particular task before successfully mastering the developmental stage and progressing to
the next one. Each task is described as opposing conflicts.
Example of Erik Erikson's Theory of Psychosocial Development - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Initiative versus
guilt is the developmental task of the preschool-aged child.
Jean Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅This theory is focused on
children's intellectual organization, specifically how they think, reason, and perceive the world. Children
move from one stage of development to another, seeking cognitive balance and building mental
structures to adapt to the world.
Examples of Jean Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅School-aged
children are in the concrete operations period of cognitive development.
Lawrence Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅This theory is focused on
moral development beginning at age 4 through adulthood. This refers to the changes in an individual's
thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that influence their beliefs about what is right and wrong.
Examples of Lawrence Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Level 1 of
moral development is preconventional reasoning.
developmental theory match: Theory of cognitive development - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Jean Piaget
developmental theory match: Theory of moral development - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Lawrence
Kohlberg
developmental theory match: Theory of psychosocial development - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Erik Erikson
What impact will be experienced by an individual who fails to achieve developmental milestones? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Future developmental milestone achievement may be delayed.
, Kohlberg's stages of moral development - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅preconventional (1-10), conventional
(10-19), postconventional (19-death)
Piaget's Stages of Cognitive development - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Sensorimotor (birth-2),
Preoperational (2-7), Concrete operational (7-10), Formal operational (10-death)
Erikson's Stages of psychosocial development - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Trust (birth-1.5), Autonomy (1.5-
3), Industry (7-12), Identity (12-19), Intimacy (19-35), Generativity (35-65), Intergrity (65-death)
Wellness across the life span is defined by the PERCEPTION OF HEALTH/ABSENCE OF ILLNESS and
DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES/INTELLECTUAL ABILITY reached during each stage of life. Each life stage
is defined ACCOMPLISHMENTS/BENCHMARKS by against which development is measured. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Absence of illness
Developmental milestones
Benchmarks
CASE STUDY: Which client is likely experiencing significant physical growth that needs to be measured?
Sadie is a 6-month-old infant.
Thomas is a 32-year-old adult
Harold is a 73-year-old adult
Teresa is a 21-year-old adult - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Sadie is a 6-month-old infant.
CASE STUDY: Jessie begins to assess Sadie's growth. Click to specify if each example demonstrates
cephalocaudal growth or proximodistal growth. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Infants use the hands to grasp
objects before they walk. - Cephalocaudal
Head control is gained before the ability to sit up. - Cephalocaudal
What is the primary reason students entering health-related fields study developmental theories? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Understanding developmental theory helps the nurse better predict, detect, and
prevent problems that may impact a client's health.
A nurse assesses an infant's height, weight, and head circumference. Which type of development is the
healthcare professional assessing? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Biophysical
Cephalocaudal development means growth is FASTEST/SLOWEST at the top of the body.
Proximodistal development means growth starts at the CENTER/EXTREMITIES. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Fastest
Center
cephalocaudal development - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Development that occurs from the top of the head
down to the extremities.
proximodistal development - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Development that occurs from the core or centre
of the body outwards (towards the extremities)
What are the 4 types of developmental theories to understand human development? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Biophysical
Psychosocial
Cognitive
Moral
Biophysical Development - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅How the human bodies grow and change over time
Most common biophysical theory used by healthcare professionals is - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Gesell's
Theory of Development
,psychosocial development - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Human development based on personality, thinking,
and behavior
Most common psychosocial theory used by healthcare professionals is - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Erikson's
Theory of Psychosocial Development
Cognitive Development - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅How an individual learns to think and makes sense of
the world from childhood to adulthood
Most common cognitive theory used by healthcare professionals is - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Piaget's
Theory of Cognitive Development
Moral development - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Changes in an individual's thoughts emotions, and
behaviors that influence beliefs about what is right and wrong
The most common moral theory used by healthcare professionals is - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Kohlberg's
Theory of Moral Development.
Which growth pattern represents proximodistal development? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The heart and
lungs develop before the lower extremities
Identifying Types of Development: Psychosocial - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅How our personality, thinking,
and behavior develop
Identifying Types of Development: Cognitive - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅How we learn to think and make
sense of the world
Identifying Types of Development: Moral - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅How our thoughts, emotions, and
behaviors influence beliefs about right and wrong
,Erik Erikson's Theory of Psychosocial Development - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Individuals need to
accomplish a particular task before successfully mastering the developmental stage and progressing to
the next one. Each task is described as opposing conflicts.
Example of Erik Erikson's Theory of Psychosocial Development - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Initiative versus
guilt is the developmental task of the preschool-aged child.
Jean Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅This theory is focused on
children's intellectual organization, specifically how they think, reason, and perceive the world. Children
move from one stage of development to another, seeking cognitive balance and building mental
structures to adapt to the world.
Examples of Jean Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅School-aged
children are in the concrete operations period of cognitive development.
Lawrence Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅This theory is focused on
moral development beginning at age 4 through adulthood. This refers to the changes in an individual's
thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that influence their beliefs about what is right and wrong.
Examples of Lawrence Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Level 1 of
moral development is preconventional reasoning.
developmental theory match: Theory of cognitive development - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Jean Piaget
developmental theory match: Theory of moral development - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Lawrence
Kohlberg
developmental theory match: Theory of psychosocial development - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Erik Erikson
What impact will be experienced by an individual who fails to achieve developmental milestones? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Future developmental milestone achievement may be delayed.
, Kohlberg's stages of moral development - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅preconventional (1-10), conventional
(10-19), postconventional (19-death)
Piaget's Stages of Cognitive development - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Sensorimotor (birth-2),
Preoperational (2-7), Concrete operational (7-10), Formal operational (10-death)
Erikson's Stages of psychosocial development - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Trust (birth-1.5), Autonomy (1.5-
3), Industry (7-12), Identity (12-19), Intimacy (19-35), Generativity (35-65), Intergrity (65-death)
Wellness across the life span is defined by the PERCEPTION OF HEALTH/ABSENCE OF ILLNESS and
DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES/INTELLECTUAL ABILITY reached during each stage of life. Each life stage
is defined ACCOMPLISHMENTS/BENCHMARKS by against which development is measured. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Absence of illness
Developmental milestones
Benchmarks
CASE STUDY: Which client is likely experiencing significant physical growth that needs to be measured?
Sadie is a 6-month-old infant.
Thomas is a 32-year-old adult
Harold is a 73-year-old adult
Teresa is a 21-year-old adult - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Sadie is a 6-month-old infant.
CASE STUDY: Jessie begins to assess Sadie's growth. Click to specify if each example demonstrates
cephalocaudal growth or proximodistal growth. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Infants use the hands to grasp
objects before they walk. - Cephalocaudal
Head control is gained before the ability to sit up. - Cephalocaudal
