CRITICAL REFLECTION (3517) MIDTERM ACTUAL
COMPLETE EXAM|WITH ACCURATE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS|GRADED A
How can we help to get to what has been described as "thinking like a
nurse?" Ans✓✓✓ Modelling and explanation of decision-making
processes
How is "thinking like a nurse" often described Ans✓✓✓ An
unconscious process
-Intuitive
-Comes from experience
Cognitive psychology Ans✓✓✓ This is the branch of psychology
concerned with thought and knowledge
Concerns learning about
-Skills and stratgies used in problem solving, reasoning, and decison
making
-Relationships of skills and strategies to intelligence
Cognitive process instruction Ans✓✓✓ -This is when we use what
psychologists have learned about the thinking process and mechanisms
to improve thinking
,3-box model of memory Ans✓✓✓ 1) Sensory memory is gained from
the outside world, is held in the brain for 2-5 seconds
If we pay attention to sensory memory then it is integrated into short
term memory
2) Short-term memory (i.e. working memory) holds info in chunks of
information for 15-20 seconds
3) By elaboratly reherasing short term memory it can go into long term
memory which has almost unlimited capacity and duration, this can then
be retrieved upon in future situations.
To keep things in long term memory, rote (maintenance) rehersal helps
What is logic? Ans✓✓✓ A branch of philosophy that states rules for
deriving valid conclusions
A valid conclusion means that it follows statements that are accepted as
facts
Inductive reasoning Ans✓✓✓ Here, observations are collected or aa
question is asked, then support or suggest a conclusion based on the
issue that arises
, Known examples to unknown (e.g. generalize to a theory)
I.e. is specific to general
Deductive reasoning Ans✓✓✓ Statements that are known to be true are
applied to evidence so that a conclusion can be drawn
This enables us to use general information to answer specific
questionsW
What type of reasoning is most commonly used in nursing? Ans✓✓✓
Deductive reasoning
Metacognition Ans✓✓✓ This is knowledge of what we known and how
we use this to direct further thinking and learning
This helps us make decisions about allocating limited cognitive
resources
Metacognitive awareness Ans✓✓✓ This is a recognition of one's
internal thinking and learning patterns
Examples
-Motivation
-Self-efficacy
COMPLETE EXAM|WITH ACCURATE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS|GRADED A
How can we help to get to what has been described as "thinking like a
nurse?" Ans✓✓✓ Modelling and explanation of decision-making
processes
How is "thinking like a nurse" often described Ans✓✓✓ An
unconscious process
-Intuitive
-Comes from experience
Cognitive psychology Ans✓✓✓ This is the branch of psychology
concerned with thought and knowledge
Concerns learning about
-Skills and stratgies used in problem solving, reasoning, and decison
making
-Relationships of skills and strategies to intelligence
Cognitive process instruction Ans✓✓✓ -This is when we use what
psychologists have learned about the thinking process and mechanisms
to improve thinking
,3-box model of memory Ans✓✓✓ 1) Sensory memory is gained from
the outside world, is held in the brain for 2-5 seconds
If we pay attention to sensory memory then it is integrated into short
term memory
2) Short-term memory (i.e. working memory) holds info in chunks of
information for 15-20 seconds
3) By elaboratly reherasing short term memory it can go into long term
memory which has almost unlimited capacity and duration, this can then
be retrieved upon in future situations.
To keep things in long term memory, rote (maintenance) rehersal helps
What is logic? Ans✓✓✓ A branch of philosophy that states rules for
deriving valid conclusions
A valid conclusion means that it follows statements that are accepted as
facts
Inductive reasoning Ans✓✓✓ Here, observations are collected or aa
question is asked, then support or suggest a conclusion based on the
issue that arises
, Known examples to unknown (e.g. generalize to a theory)
I.e. is specific to general
Deductive reasoning Ans✓✓✓ Statements that are known to be true are
applied to evidence so that a conclusion can be drawn
This enables us to use general information to answer specific
questionsW
What type of reasoning is most commonly used in nursing? Ans✓✓✓
Deductive reasoning
Metacognition Ans✓✓✓ This is knowledge of what we known and how
we use this to direct further thinking and learning
This helps us make decisions about allocating limited cognitive
resources
Metacognitive awareness Ans✓✓✓ This is a recognition of one's
internal thinking and learning patterns
Examples
-Motivation
-Self-efficacy
