The nurse is observing a group of young adults engaged in a discussion regarding work schedules over the holidays. What should the nurse realize that these adults will use to balance the emotional as well as logical side of the discussion?
1. Formal operational stage
2. Postformal thought process
3. Kohlberg's theory of moral development
4. Fowler's spiritual development theory
Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1: Young adults are able to use formal operations, characterized by the ability to think abstractly.
Rationale 2: Postformal thought, sometimes called the problem-finding stage, is characterized by creative thought, realistic thinking, problem forming, and problem solving. Postformal thinkers are able to comprehend and balance arguments created by both logic and emotion.
Rationale 3: Young adults enter the postconventional level of Kohlberg's moral theory.
Rationale 4: This would not be considered a spiritual dilemma, so Fowler's theory would not be utilized.
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