What Is the Best Explanation for a 2-Year-Old Child Who

question 15

Multiple Choice

What is the best explanation for a 2-year-old child who is quiet and withdrawn on the fourth day of a hospital admission?

• A) The child is protesting her separation from her caregivers.
• B) The child has adjusted to the hospitalization.
• C) The child is experiencing the despair stage of separation.
• D) The child has reached the stage of detachment.

---

Definitions:

Self-defeating Thinking

Negative thought patterns that undermine a person’s confidence and ability to achieve goals, often leading to self-sabotage.

Recalled Words

Words that are remembered and retrieved from memory during psychological experiments or tests.

Big Letters

Big letters are enlarged characters used for emphasis, visibility, or artistic effect in written communication, signage, or design.

Cognitive Psychotherapy

A type of therapy based on the concept that your thoughts, feelings, and actions are interconnected, and that changing negative thoughts and beliefs can lead to changes in feelings and behaviors.