Question

A nursing instructor asks a nursing student to describe the "initiative versus guilt" stage of Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development. Which statement made by the student indicates a need for further teaching?

1. "The child has the ability to think abstractly."2. "The child begins to understand the environment."3. "The child is able to classify, order, and sort facts."4. "The child learns to think in terms of past, present, and future."

Answer 1

1. "The child has the ability to think abstractly

Step-by-step explanation:

Initiative versus guilt can be seen as the stage in which children start to develop a sense of initiative within their inner self thereby starting to have the feeling of been secure in their ability to lead others and make decisions. Although this children initiative can tend to be either positive initiative or negative initiative which can inturn lead to guilt.

Therefore this statement" The child has the ability to think abstractly" made by the student indicates a need for further teaching because through the " INITIATIVE versus GUILT" stage of Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development children can often said to be initiative in their day to day activities and as well they are able to have the conscience of guilt when caught doing something bad or after doing something bad.