Dana’s son, Mitchell, was killed in a motorcycle accident fo…

Dana’s son, Mitchell, was killed in a motorcycle accident four months ago. For the first several months after the funeral, Dana as in shock and yet continued perform her job and participate in all her previous daily and weekly activities without stopping. Her earlier calm has given way to irritability with her family and a tendency to overreact to even the smallest annoyances. She is frustrated with her other children. She has stopped going to her support group because they exasperate her. She no longer cries, but becomes cross at the smallest incident. She has stopped going to the church services that were previously supportive, because “I blame God for this.” Kubler-Ross would likely say Dana is in which stage of grief and loss?  

Nina is a woman who is a leader in her community, church and…

Nina is a woman who is a leader in her community, church and at work. She takes the time to mentor other women and girls. She is a very productive and active person who is committed to her parents and her children. A year ago, her father died of a heart attack. Nina comes to you with unresolved grief over the death of her father and her own feelings of mortality. From Erickson’s model you would estimate Nina is which of the following ages?

Pansy is able to use deductive reasoning. She can appropriat…

Pansy is able to use deductive reasoning. She can appropriately define constructs like freedom and justice. She can devise a plan based on several possible solutions. She understands the difference between fantasy and reality. She sometimes irritates her parents and teachers by taking opinions or attitude that are contrary to these authority figures. Her understanding of mathematical and scientific principles has increased. You would expect she is in which of Piaget’s stages?  

Dewayne, 19 months, is a very bright child who is responsive…

Dewayne, 19 months, is a very bright child who is responsive to his parents and to his grandmother who lives with his family. The child walked early and has an impressive receptive vocabulary. His older brothers, 8 and 10 are charmed with their little brother and play with him regularly. Wayne has developed a sense of object permanence, he realizes when his toy trucks are hidden under a blanket that they are not “gone.”  The child has a sense that objects take up space and that one thing follows another. He also is aware of the concept of causality, actions have specific consequences. For instance, when he pulls his dog, Milly’s ears, she runs away. Wayne no longer pulls the dogs ears. Piaget indicates that this child is in which stage of Sensory Motor Development?