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Nursing Foundations introduces students to the essential principles, theories, and practices that form the basis of the nursing profession. The course emphasizes the development of core competencies, including ethical and legal aspects of care, communication skills, patient safety, and the nursing process. Through a combination of theoretical learning and practical application, students explore the history and philosophy of nursing, holistic patient care, and the roles and responsibilities of professional nurses in diverse healthcare settings. Foundational concepts such as critical thinking, health assessment, cultural sensitivity, and evidence-based practice are integrated to prepare students for advanced nursing studies and clinical practice.
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Life Span Development 16th Edition by John W Santrock
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Chapter 1: Introduction
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Q1) Changes in motor skills,nutrition,exercise,the hormonal changes of puberty,and cardiovascular decline are all examples of _____ processes that affect development.
A)cognitive
B)biological
C)socioemotional
D)cultural
Answer: B
Q2) Lynne,five,loves to draw and color.She represents the world with words and her drawings.According to Piaget's cognitive development theory,Lynne is in the _____ stage of cognitive development.
A)preoperational
B)sensorimotor
C)formal operational
D)concrete operational
Answer: A
Q3) Which age is determined based on physical health and the functional capacities of a person's vital organs?
Answer: Biological age
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Chapter 2: Biological Beginnings
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Q1) Amniocentesis brings a small risk of:
A)mental retardation.
B)limb deformity.
C)miscarriage.
D)Down syndrome.
Answer: C
Q2) _____ is a complex molecule with a double helix shape,like a spiral staircase,and contains genetic information.
A)RNA
B)Chromosome
C)DNA
D)Ribosome
Answer: C
Q3) Most characteristics are:
A)determined by a single gene.
B)determined by a pair of genes.
C)not determined by genes.
D)determined polygenically.
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Prenatal Development and Birth
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Q1) The outermost layer of the embryo is called the:
A)mesoderm.
B)cytoderm.
C)endoderm.
D)ectoderm.
Answer: D
Q2) Explain the four important phases of brain development.
Answer: The four important phases of brain development are the neural tube,neurogenesis,neuronal migration,and neural connectivity.The neural tube is the long hollow tube formed by the mother's nervous system and located on the embryo's back.If it fails to close at around 24 days after conception as it is supposed to it can result in anencephaly and spina bifida.Another important phase is neurogenesis which is the massive proliferation of new immature neurons that occurs after the neural tube closes.Neuronal migration is another important phase occurring 6-24 weeks after conception in which the cells move outward from their point of origin to their appropriate locations so that they create different levels,structures and regions of the brain.The 4th important phase of brain development is called neural connectivity and occurs around the 23rd prenatal week when connections between neurons begins to occur.This continues postnatally.
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Chapter 4: Physical Development in Infancy
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Q1) Yasmine was born in Honduras,and has a medical condition that causes her vital organs to collect the nutrients that are present and deprive other parts of the body of them.This condition,known as _____,often has the telltale sign of a greatly expanded abdomen.
A)beriberi
B)kwashiorkor
C)marasmus
D)sudden infant death syndrome
Q2) What is the foundation needed for gross motor skills to develop?
A)A developed muscular system
B)Cognitive skills
C)Postural control
D)Reflexive behavior
Q3) Your professor says that our perception brings us into contact with the environment in order to interact with and adapt to it.This indicates that he holds a(n)_____ view on perceptual development.
A)ethological
B)ecological
C)evolutionary
D)genetic
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Chapter 5: Cognitive Development in Infancy
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Q1) Phonology is to _____ as morphology is to _____.
A)sound; meaning
B)meaning; sound
C)appropriate use of language in different contexts; correct word order
D)correct word order; appropriate use of language in different contexts
Q2) Eight-month-old Andrew suffered brain damage at birth.His identical twin,Alex,had no brain damage.Research on habituation will likely predict that:
A)Alex will not habituate as well as Andrew.
B)both twins will habituate at about the same level.
C)Andrew will not habituate as well as Alex.
D)Alex will not exhibit any sort of habituation.
Q3) In which sensorimotor substage does an infant develop the ability to use primitive symbols?
A)Simple reflexes
B)First habits and primary circular reactions
C)Secondary circular reactions
D)Internalization of schemes
Q4) Shelby babbles using the sounds "ba,ba,ba" or "ch,ch,ch." These basic units of sound that our language is composed of are known as ________.
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Chapter 6: Socioemotional Development in Infancy
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Q1) In the Strange Situation,Latoya basically ignored her mother,was not upset when she left the room,and did not seek her out when she returned.Mary Ainsworth would most likely classify Latoya as being:
A)securely attached.
B)insecure avoidant.
C)insecure resistant.
D)insecure antisocial.
Q2) In the Strange Situation,Quentin cries mildly when his caregiver departs.However,he is happy upon reunion,and then,continues to explore once the caregiver has returned.He would be classified as being:
A)securely attached.
B)insecure disorganized.
C)insecure resistant.
D)insecure avoidant.
Q3) Name the theorist who suggested that the primary task for infants was to develop a sense of trust in others.
Q4) What are the recommended parenting strategies for different children's temperaments?
Q5) Distinguish between reflexive and social smiles.
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Chapter 7: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood
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Q1) Aubrey is in a school that takes into account the typical development of children within an age span as well as the uniqueness of the child.It also emphasizes the importance of creating settings that encourage active learning and reflect the child's interests and capabilities.This view represents a ________.
Q2) The second substage of preoperational thought,occurring between approximately four and seven years of age,is characterized by the use of:
A)reversible mental actions.
B)egocentric views.
C)primitive reasoning.
D)symbolic thought.
Q3) Three-year-old Ashley is putting together a jigsaw puzzle.As is typical of her age,she:
A)places the pieces awkwardly.
B)is focused and excels in the task.
C)cannot identify the correct sections.
D)is precise in joining the bits.
Q4) What are the current controversies in early childhood education?
Q5) What are the criticisms of the Montessori approach to early education?
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Q6) What factors influence improved literacy in children?
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Chapter 8: Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood
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Q1) The ability to discern another's inner psychological state is known as:
A)correspondence.
B)congruence.
C)perspective taking.
D)nurturance.
Q2) Katrina becomes extremely upset when her brother tries to change the rules of their game,and yells,"You can't do that! You can't change rules!" Katrina is exhibiting which of the following types of moral reasoning?
A)Autonomous morality
B)Heteronomous morality
C)Peer-negotiated morality
D)Immanent justice morality
Q3) When her mother asks Selena why she feels so sad,Selena says it is because her best friend just lost her puppy.Selena is exhibiting: A)guilt.
B)empathy.
C)correspondence.
D)lack of perspective-taking.
Q4) Why are young children's self-descriptions typically unrealistically positive?
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Chapter 9: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle and Late Childhood
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Q1) If the word "win" is on a list of words a child is asked to remember,the child might think of the last time he won a pony race with a friend.This is an example of:
A)rehearsal.
B)organization.
C)inclusion.
D)elaboration.
Q2) Nathan Brody and many other researchers have observed that people who excel at one type of intellectual task are:
A)likely to underperform in other tasks.
B)evidence that the multiple-intelligence approaches are correct.
C)proof that intelligence is a number of specific abilities.
D)likely to excel at others too.
Q3) Gertrude,9,has been placed in the 98th percentile in terms of her BMI.Her doctor would likely tell her parents that she is:
A)of a healthy weight.
B)at risk for being overweight.
C)overweight.
D)obese.
Q4) Is giftedness a product of heredity or environment? Give one example.
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Chapter 10: Socioemotional Development in Middle and Late Childhood
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Q1) Students with _____ for learning may avoid many learning tasks,especially those that are challenging.
A)high self-efficacy
B)diffused self-concept
C)low self-efficacy
D)low self-awareness
Q2) Keith is trying to help his son,Judd,deal with the devastating floods that left 40,000 people in the Midwest homeless.Judd's mother and two sisters were among those who lost their homes and all of their belongings.A strategy that Keith should NOT implement is to:
A)allow his son to tell and retell the details of the event.
B)encourage his son to talk about his nightmares.
C)allow his child to watch repeated news footage of the tragedy.
D)reassure his son that this type of tragedy is rare,and that he is safe.
Q3) Gavin is rarely nominated as a best friend,but his peers don't dislike him.He would be classified as a _____ child.
A)controversial
B)rejected
C)neglected
D)average
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Chapter 11: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence
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Q1) In the University of Michigan Monitoring the Future Study,_____ percent of high school seniors said they had been in a vehicle with a drugged or drinking driver in the past two weeks.
A)30
B)70
C)20
D)40
Q2) When Daniel Offer and his colleagues studied the self-images of adolescents in the United States,Australia,Bangladesh,Hungary,Israel,Italy,Japan,Taiwan,Turkey,and West Germany,at least _____ percent of the adolescents displayed a healthy self-image.
A)25
B)48
C)60
D)73
Q3) Adolescent use of alcohol has recently shown a(n):
A)insignificant change.
B)sizeable decline.
C)mild increase.
D)significant increase.
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Chapter 12: Socioemotional Development in Adolescence
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Q1) Which status of identity would be most closely linked to an authoritarian style of parenting?
Q2) What is the term for an adolescent who breaks the law or engages in behavior that is considered illegal?
Q3) Discuss the issue of ethnic identity in the third and later generations of immigrants.
Q4) Fast Track is an intervention program that attempts to lower the risk of:
A)teen pregnancy.
B)juvenile delinquency.
C)teen suicide.
D)adolescent depression.
Q5) According to James Marcia,what determines an individual's identity status?
A)The choices and alternatives they have access to
B)Their socioeconomic and academic profile
C)The existence or extent of their crisis or commitment
D)The existence or extent of parental and social support
Q6) Which Eriksonian researcher proposes that Erikson's theory of identity development contains four statuses of identity,or ways of resolving the identity crisis?
Q7) In which situations are adolescents most likely to conform to peers?
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Chapter 13: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early
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Q1) Which of the following is the average age of marriage for males in the United States?
A)30.2
B)29.3
C)26.8
D)25.4
Q2) Regular binge drinking can change blood flow,and it can be a precursor for developing _____,which refers to hardening of the arteries.
A)hypoplastic left heart syndrome
B)atherosclerosis
C)arteriosclerosis
D)hypertension
Q3) List the five key features identified by Jeffrey Arnett as characterizing emerging adulthood.
Q4) Sexual harassment is a manifestation of:
A)genuine attraction toward the victim.
B)appropriate sexual contact between two individuals.
C)power of one person over another.
D)forced,nonconsensual sexual intercourse.
Q5) Identify a challenge faced by adult smokers who are trying to quit.
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Chapter 14: Socioemotional Development in Early
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Q1) Which of the following is a potential benefit of romantic relationships over the Internet?
A)The chance of potential partners misrepresenting themselves is low.
B)The lack of interpersonal connection benefits the relationship in the long-term.
C)It benefits shy and anxious people who find it difficult to meet potential partners in person.
D)It is especially beneficial to attachment-secure,gregarious people who want to form close relationships.
Q2) According to Ellen Berscheid,the most important ingredient of romantic love is: A)friendship.
B)sexual desire.
C)long-term commitment.
D)spontaneity in behavior.
Q3) According to Robert J.Sternberg,________ love is the strongest and fullest form of love.
A)passionate
B)fatuous
C)affectionate
D)consummate
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Chapter 15: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle
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Q1) Which of the following statements is TRUE about metabolic syndrome?
A)Weight loss and exercise are strongly recommended as part of the treatment of metabolic syndrome.
B)Metabolic syndrome usually reduces any risk of diabetes or any other cardiovascular disease.
C)Metabolic syndrome often leads to anorexia nervosa.
D)Waist circumference is the least recommended method in predicting metabolic syndrome.
Q2) Which of the following statements is supported by Crystal Park's research on chronic stress and religious experiences?
A)Individuals who are religious rarely experience a disruption in their values after the death of a loved one.
B)Religion can serve as a meaning system through which the bereaved are able to reframe their loss.
C)Nonreligious individuals show better adjustment to the loss of a loved one than religious individuals.
D)Initially,religion is linked with less depressed feelings about a loved one's death.
Q3) List the physical changes that take place during middle adulthood.
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Chapter 16: Socioemotional Development in Middle
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Q1) The _____ model of personality development states that with time and age people become more adept at interacting with their environment in ways that promote increased stability in personality.
A)conditioning
B)cumulative personality
C)reciprocity
D)social learning
Q2) Identify the major task that must be mastered in early adulthood,according to Levinson.
A)Reaching the pinnacle of one's career
B)Developing a stable life structure
C)Focusing on family development
D)Forming an image of one's career
Q3) Which of the following is the seventh stage of Erikson's psychosocial theory?
A)Intimacy versus isolation
B)Integrity versus despair
C)Autonomy versus shame and doubt
D)Generativity versus stagnation
Q4) Identify the term Erikson assigned to the seventh stage in his life-span theory.
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Q5) Describe the transition to middle adulthood according to Levinson.
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Chapter 17: Physical Development in Late Adulthood
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Q1) Data from the Nun Study have pointed all of the following EXCEPT:
A)positive emotions in early adulthood that were associated to longevity.
B)stimulating the brain with intellectual activity that keeps neurons healthy and alive.
C)negative emotions in early adulthood that were linked to longevity.
D)idea density that was linked with fewer incidences of mild cognitive impairment.
Q2) Discuss the hormonal stress theory of aging.
Q3) Which of the following is a major challenge for sexually interested older women (70 years or older)?
A)Male partner's physical health
B)Lack of sex education
C)Physical health of older women
D)Not having a partner
Q4) What is a leading cause of blindness in older adults?
A)Glaucoma
B)Cataracts
C)Macular degeneration
D)Retinal hardening
Q5) Discuss the free-radical theory of aging.
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Chapter 18: Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood
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Q1) What is discourse? What are some of the changes in discourse that occur with aging?
Q2) What is the term for a potential transitional state between cognitive changes of normal aging and very early stages of Alzheimer disease and other dementias?
Q3) Identify the concept which emphasizes that changes in cognitive functioning may be linked more to distance from death or cognition-related pathology than to distance.
Q4) Define and discuss dementia.
Q5) A Pew poll found that belief in God was higher in _____ than in any other age period.
A)older adults
B)young adults
C)adolescents
D)middle-aged adults
Q6) Which of the following is a treatment for advanced Parkinson disease?
A)Cholinerase inhibitors
B)Electroconvulsive therapy
C)Dopamine agonists
D)Deep brain stimulation
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Chapter 19: Socioemotional Development in Late Adulthood
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Q1) Which of the following is the positive resolution of the psychological conflict of initiative vs.guilt?
A)Fidelity
B)Purpose
C)Competence
D)Love
Q2) Which of the following is the positive resolution of the psychological conflict of intimacy vs.isolation?
A)Infidelity
B)Wisdom
C)Care
D)Love
Q3) Life-span developmentalist Paul Baltes and his colleagues believe that successful aging is related to three main factors:
A)assortment,enhancement,and remuneration.
B)reorganization,compensation,and optimization.
C)selection,optimization,and compensation.
D)remuneration,selection,and enhancement.
Q4) How does generational inequity influence policymaking?
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Chapter 20: Death, Dying, and Grieving
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Q1) Brain death occurs when:
A)all electrical activity of the brain has ceased for a specified period of time.
B)a person remains unconscious for a specified period of time.
C)only the lower regions of the brain stop functioning.
D)the body loses the ability to breathe on its own.
Q2) According to Kübler-Ross,in the _____ stage of dying,the dying person recognizes that denial can no longer be maintained.
A)anger
B)bargaining
C)acceptance
D)isolation
Q3) Terry is in the final stages of lupus,a condition which causes her severe pain and discomfort.At Terry's insistence,her caregiver agrees to end her pain by administering a lethal dose of a drug.This is an example of _____ euthanasia.
A)passive
B)universally legal
C)natural
D)active
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