The Nurse Is Aware That According to Piaget's Theory, the Child's

question 44

Multiple Choice

The nurse is aware that according to Piaget's theory, the child's cognitive development is:

• A) present at birth as a genetic imprint that will begin to unfold in the first year, independent of the child's environment.
• B) a series of psychosocial tasks to be accomplished at various stages throughout life, such as developing a sense of identity in adolescence.
• C) the physical increase in size that occurs in the brain of the child, with most of the growth completed by the age of adolescence.
• D) occurring in stages, which allows a child to organize knowledge and adapt to the environment in increasingly complex ways.

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Definitions:

Psycholinguists

Scientists who study the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to acquire, use, comprehend and produce language.

Eye Movements

Movements of the eyeballs that enable us to scan our environment, important for vision, reading, and non-verbal communication.

Ambiguous Sentence

A sentence that can be understood or interpreted in more than one way due to its structure or wording.

Syntactic Level

Pertains to the rules that govern the structure of sentences in a language, including grammar and sentence formation.