HP CHO -9 October 2022
Psychology
Easy
Reversibility is a characteristic feature of:
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Explanation
- Reversibility is the cognitive ability to mentally reverse a sequence of events or logical operations.
- According to Jean Piaget's theory, this skill is a hallmark of the Concrete Operational Stage of development.
- This stage typically occurs during late childhood, from approximately 7 to 11 years of age.
- An example is understanding that if a ball of clay is flattened, it can be rolled back into a ball, retaining its original properties.
Why Other Options Were Wrong
- Option B: Adolescence corresponds to the Formal Operational stage, where thinking is abstract and hypothetical. While adolescents possess the ability of reversibility, it is not a newly emerging or characteristic feature of this stage; it was developed earlier.
- Option C: Early childhood corresponds to the Preoperational stage. A key feature of this stage is irreversibility, the inability to mentally reverse actions. Children in this stage struggle with the concept that an action can be undone.
- Option D: Infancy corresponds to the Sensorimotor stage. Cognitive development here is focused on learning through sensory experiences and motor actions, and developing object permanence. Logical thought processes like reversibility have not yet developed.
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Clinical Relevance
- Nursing practice connection: This is primarily an exam-oriented knowledge point with limited direct bedside application, so retain Piaget's stages of cognitive development, specifically the concept of reversibility as background academic context rather than a clinical decision trigger.
- Understanding cognitive stages helps nurses tailor communication and health education to a child's level of comprehension. For a school-aged child (late childhood), a nurse can use logical explanations and demonstrate cause-and-effect (e.g., 'If you take this medicine, the pain will go away').
- Assessing a child's developmental stage is crucial for identifying potential developmental delays. If a 10-year-old consistently shows preoperational thinking (like irreversibility), it may warrant further evaluation.
- What if? If the child was 5 years old (early childhood), the nurse would need to use simpler, more concrete language, and perhaps use play or pictures rather than logical explanations, as the child would not have developed reversibility.
How to Approach the Question
- First, identify the core concept in the question stem, which is 'reversibility'.
- Recall or determine the psychological theory associated with this concept. In this case, it's Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development.
- Place 'reversibility' within the correct stage of Piaget's theory. Reversibility is a hallmark of the Concrete Operational stage.
- Match the developmental stage to the corresponding age group provided in the options. The Concrete Operational stage (7-11 years) aligns with 'Late childhood'.
- Eliminate the other options by identifying the key characteristics of their corresponding developmental stages (e.g., Preoperational stage is characterized by irreversibility, not reversibility).
Concept Tested & Keywords
- Concept Tested: Piaget's stages of cognitive development, specifically the concept of reversibility.
- Stem keywords: Reversibility, characteristic feature
- Lead-in keywords: BEST, MOST RELEVANT CLUE
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Reference Book
E6 Kaplan Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry-2022 (pp 1-3768 of 3768) pp. 3163-3165, 2802-2804
E6 Robert Boland, Marcia L. Verduin - Kaplan and Sadock's Comprehensive Text of Psychiatry-Wolters Kluwer Health (2024) (pp 1-16525 of 16525) p. 2425-2427
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