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1. Model - CORRECT ANSWERS - a set of concepts and statements that bring meaning to the
configuration
2. Theory - CORRECT ANSWERS - systematic organized statement that provides direction to
answer a question of discipline
3. 4 Components of a theory - CORRECT ANSWERS - Concepts, Definitions, Assumption,
Phenomenon
4. Concepts - CORRECT ANSWERS - ideas and mental images that help describe phenomena
5. Assumptions - CORRECT ANSWERS - statements that describe concepts
6. Phenomenon - CORRECT ANSWERS - aspect of reality that can be consciously sense or
experienced
7. Range of Theories - CORRECT ANSWERS - Meta-theory, Grand Theory, Middle Range Theory,
Practice Theory
8. Meta-theory - CORRECT ANSWERS - Theory building - values etc
9. Grand Theory - CORRECT ANSWERS - Broad conceptual frameworks - not testable e.g.
Nightingale, Leininger theory of transcultural care
10. Middle Range Theory - CORRECT ANSWERS - Narrower and testable e.g. Reed & Lenz