A Patient Presents the Following Meal Pattern of a Typical

question 17

Multiple Choice

A patient presents the following meal pattern of a typical day.This individual is most likely what type of vegetarian?
*Breakfast
1 medium orange
Cup oatmeal
Cup sliced almonds
1 tsp margarine
1 cup soy milk
*Lunch
1 cup cooked black beans
1 6-inch tostada
2 slices of tomato
1 leaf of lettuce
1 medium banana
1 cup soy milk
*Dinner
1 cup bean soup
1 cup raw spinach leaves
1 slice rye bread
1 tsp margarine
1 cup pears
1 cup soy milk

• A) Vegan
• B) Lacto-ovo-vegetarian
• C) Ovo-vegetarian

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Definitions:

Object Permanence

The understanding, typically developed in infancy, that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be observed or heard.

Sensorimotor Period

In Piaget’s theory, the period of cognitive development from birth to about 2 years, in which the child has not yet achieved object permanence.

Egocentrism

A cognitive bias that makes an individual unable to understand or assume any perspective other than their own.

A-not-B Effect

A cognitive phenomenon observed in infants where they repeatedly reach for an object at a place (A) where it was previously found, even after seeing it moved to a new location (B).