NURS 210: FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE
ANSWERS
accomodation correct answer PIAGET - process of incorporating new info into
existing schemes
active grief correct answer weeping or other expressions of sorrow
symptoms: yearning, weakness, emptiness, appetite loss, sleep disturbance,
depressive symptoms
alzheimers correct answer known cause
there are no drugs that can cure Alzheimers, we cam only improve symptoms or
slow progression
fifth leading cause of death among people 65+; sixth leading cause of death in
U.S. today
progressive deterioration of brain cells where thinking and memory located
early onset and onset after age 65
APOE and the genes may play important role in development of disease
some drug therapy available; no cure
,anal stage correct answer Freud
(12 mon - 3 yrs) child's pleasure focuses around anus and elimination activities
assimilation correct answer PIAGET - process requires schemes to change when
new object or event does not fit
autonomy vs shame and doubt correct answer (12 mon - 3 yrs) toddlers discover
their body and how to control it, when they succeed they feel
self-confidence/self-control but they feel shame/doubt
EX: John learning to use potty
babinski reflex correct answer primitive reflex
stroke infants foot from heel to toes infants will spread small toes and raise large
one
disappears at 6 months
biological aging correct answer physiological perspective
breathing reflex correct answer survival reflex
no conscious effort, after first few months we can control voluntarily
, concrete operational correct answer Piaget
(7 years - 12 years) think logically, classify one or more dimensions at a time and
begin to understand subgroups (eg understand a terrier is type of dog)
dementia correct answer many causes including: diseases, stroke, thyroid, vitamin
deficiencies, reactions to meds, brain tumor
some forms of dementia can be reversed and managed such as those cause by
drugs/alcohol and metabolic disorders
many develop and involves:
impaired learning and memory
deteorization of language and motor functions
inability to recognize familiar people and objects
frequent confusion and personality changes
ego identity vs ego diffusion correct answer (12 yrs - 18 yrs) sort out roles
(student, friend, sister, etc) into a single identity, if they cannot find values and
attitudes that cut across roles they cannot resolve major conflicts between these
roles
EX: in high school how to be a student athlete
ANSWERS
accomodation correct answer PIAGET - process of incorporating new info into
existing schemes
active grief correct answer weeping or other expressions of sorrow
symptoms: yearning, weakness, emptiness, appetite loss, sleep disturbance,
depressive symptoms
alzheimers correct answer known cause
there are no drugs that can cure Alzheimers, we cam only improve symptoms or
slow progression
fifth leading cause of death among people 65+; sixth leading cause of death in
U.S. today
progressive deterioration of brain cells where thinking and memory located
early onset and onset after age 65
APOE and the genes may play important role in development of disease
some drug therapy available; no cure
,anal stage correct answer Freud
(12 mon - 3 yrs) child's pleasure focuses around anus and elimination activities
assimilation correct answer PIAGET - process requires schemes to change when
new object or event does not fit
autonomy vs shame and doubt correct answer (12 mon - 3 yrs) toddlers discover
their body and how to control it, when they succeed they feel
self-confidence/self-control but they feel shame/doubt
EX: John learning to use potty
babinski reflex correct answer primitive reflex
stroke infants foot from heel to toes infants will spread small toes and raise large
one
disappears at 6 months
biological aging correct answer physiological perspective
breathing reflex correct answer survival reflex
no conscious effort, after first few months we can control voluntarily
, concrete operational correct answer Piaget
(7 years - 12 years) think logically, classify one or more dimensions at a time and
begin to understand subgroups (eg understand a terrier is type of dog)
dementia correct answer many causes including: diseases, stroke, thyroid, vitamin
deficiencies, reactions to meds, brain tumor
some forms of dementia can be reversed and managed such as those cause by
drugs/alcohol and metabolic disorders
many develop and involves:
impaired learning and memory
deteorization of language and motor functions
inability to recognize familiar people and objects
frequent confusion and personality changes
ego identity vs ego diffusion correct answer (12 yrs - 18 yrs) sort out roles
(student, friend, sister, etc) into a single identity, if they cannot find values and
attitudes that cut across roles they cannot resolve major conflicts between these
roles
EX: in high school how to be a student athlete
