A 17-year-old tells the nurse that he is not having sex because it would make his parents very angry. This response indicates that the adolescent has a developmental lag in which area?
a. Cognitive development
b. Moral development
c. Psychosocial development
d. Psychosexual development
B
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A Cognitive development is related to moral development, but it is not the pivotal
point in determining right and wrong behaviors.
B The appropriate moral development for a 17-year-old would include evidence
that the teenager has internalized a value system and does not depend on parents
to determine right and wrong behaviors. Adolescents who remain concrete
thinkers may never advance beyond conformity to please others and avoid
punishment.
C Identity formation is the psychosocial development task. Energy is focused
within the adolescent, who exhibits behavior that is self-absorbed and egocentric.
D Although a task during adolescence is the development of a sexual identity, the
teenager's dependence on the parents' sanctioning of right or wrong behavior is
more appropriately related to moral development.
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