What should the nurse keep in mind when planning to teach a class on nutrition to fourth-grade students?
a. School-age children can concentrate on only one aspect of a situation.
b. School-age children can think abstractly.
c. School-age children are egocentric in their thinking.
d. School-age children think logically and concretely.
ANS: D
Piaget refers to the thought process of this period as concrete operations, which involves logical thinking and an understanding of cause and effect.
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