NUR 302 - CHAPTER 8 EXAM QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026
A set of logically interrelated propositions is associated with?
A) Schematic model B) Conceptual model C) Classical theory D) Descriptive theory - Answers C
The power of theories lies in their ability to do?
A) Explain large segments of human experience
B) Minimize number of words required to explain phenomena and, thereby, eliminate semantic
problems
C) Prove conclusively that relationships exist among the phenomena studied
D) Articulate the nature of relationships among phenomena - Answers D
The building blocks of theory are?
A) Frameworks B) Relationships C) Concepts D) Hypotheses - Answers C
Every study has? A) Theory B) Schematic model C) Framework D) Conceptual model - Answers C
Which is true of both theories and conceptual models?
A) They are invented or created, not discovered.
B) They need to be borrowed from other disciplines for nursing studies.
C) They contain a set of logically interrelated propositions.
D) They are different words for exactly the same thing. - Answers A
The Health Promotion Model would best be described as?
A) Descriptive theory B) Borrowed theory C) Grounded theory D) Middle-range theory - Answers D
SATA: Which are central concepts in conceptual models of nursing?
A) Human beings B) Social support C) Health D) Environment - Answers A, C, D
The nurse-theorist Roy developed?
A) Uncertainty in Illness Model B) Health Promotion Model C) Adaptation Model D) Theory of Stress
and Coping - Answers C
The nurse-theorist Pender developed what model?
A) Adaptation Model B) Social Cognitive Theory C) Health Belief Model D) Health Promotion Model -
Answers D
The nurse-theorist Mishel developed?
A) Uncertainty in Illness Theory B) Health Promotion Model C) Adaptation Model D) Transtheoretical
Model - Answers A
The Theory of Stress and Coping is an example of?
A) A nursing model B) A grand theory C) A borrowed theory D) A grounded theory - Answers C
Self efficacy is a widely-used construct that was originally developed within? A) The Health Belief
Model B) The Health Promotion Model C) Social Cognitive Theory D) The Uncertainty in Illness Theory
- Answers C
Stages of change is a construct that was developed within?
A) The Health Belief Model B) The Transtheoretical Model C) Health as Expanding Consciousness
Model D) The Theory of Planned Behavior - Answers B
A grounded theory often has as a theoretical underpinning what?
A) An ideational theory B) Symbolic interactionism C) Phenomenology D) The Theory of Human
Becoming - Answers B
The belief that a child with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder will learn appropriate behaviors
from continued positive reinforcement of acceptable behavior patterns can generate a research
hypothesis. This generalization of the relationship between phenomena is known as? A) Null
Hypothesis B) Theory C) Model D) Framework - Answers B
The connection of phenomena through a loosely structured approach not directly linking them in a
logically deductive manner is?
A) Middle range theory B) Theoretical framework C) Conceptual model D) Research question -
Answers C
Identify the type of research that often fails to formally acknowledge the conceptual underpinnings or
framework of the study since it is not necessarily part of the research tradition.
A) Quantitative research B) Qualitative research C) Pilot study D) Mixed method research - Answers A
SATA: Which concepts are central to nursing models?
A) Human beings B) Environment C) Health D) Nutrition - Answers A, B, C
Research on the recovery process of young adults following post-traumatic amputation of a lower
extremity would best be furthered by using which of the following conceptual models of nursing?
A set of logically interrelated propositions is associated with?
A) Schematic model B) Conceptual model C) Classical theory D) Descriptive theory - Answers C
The power of theories lies in their ability to do?
A) Explain large segments of human experience
B) Minimize number of words required to explain phenomena and, thereby, eliminate semantic
problems
C) Prove conclusively that relationships exist among the phenomena studied
D) Articulate the nature of relationships among phenomena - Answers D
The building blocks of theory are?
A) Frameworks B) Relationships C) Concepts D) Hypotheses - Answers C
Every study has? A) Theory B) Schematic model C) Framework D) Conceptual model - Answers C
Which is true of both theories and conceptual models?
A) They are invented or created, not discovered.
B) They need to be borrowed from other disciplines for nursing studies.
C) They contain a set of logically interrelated propositions.
D) They are different words for exactly the same thing. - Answers A
The Health Promotion Model would best be described as?
A) Descriptive theory B) Borrowed theory C) Grounded theory D) Middle-range theory - Answers D
SATA: Which are central concepts in conceptual models of nursing?
A) Human beings B) Social support C) Health D) Environment - Answers A, C, D
The nurse-theorist Roy developed?
A) Uncertainty in Illness Model B) Health Promotion Model C) Adaptation Model D) Theory of Stress
and Coping - Answers C
The nurse-theorist Pender developed what model?
A) Adaptation Model B) Social Cognitive Theory C) Health Belief Model D) Health Promotion Model -
Answers D
The nurse-theorist Mishel developed?
A) Uncertainty in Illness Theory B) Health Promotion Model C) Adaptation Model D) Transtheoretical
Model - Answers A
The Theory of Stress and Coping is an example of?
A) A nursing model B) A grand theory C) A borrowed theory D) A grounded theory - Answers C
Self efficacy is a widely-used construct that was originally developed within? A) The Health Belief
Model B) The Health Promotion Model C) Social Cognitive Theory D) The Uncertainty in Illness Theory
- Answers C
Stages of change is a construct that was developed within?
A) The Health Belief Model B) The Transtheoretical Model C) Health as Expanding Consciousness
Model D) The Theory of Planned Behavior - Answers B
A grounded theory often has as a theoretical underpinning what?
A) An ideational theory B) Symbolic interactionism C) Phenomenology D) The Theory of Human
Becoming - Answers B
The belief that a child with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder will learn appropriate behaviors
from continued positive reinforcement of acceptable behavior patterns can generate a research
hypothesis. This generalization of the relationship between phenomena is known as? A) Null
Hypothesis B) Theory C) Model D) Framework - Answers B
The connection of phenomena through a loosely structured approach not directly linking them in a
logically deductive manner is?
A) Middle range theory B) Theoretical framework C) Conceptual model D) Research question -
Answers C
Identify the type of research that often fails to formally acknowledge the conceptual underpinnings or
framework of the study since it is not necessarily part of the research tradition.
A) Quantitative research B) Qualitative research C) Pilot study D) Mixed method research - Answers A
SATA: Which concepts are central to nursing models?
A) Human beings B) Environment C) Health D) Nutrition - Answers A, B, C
Research on the recovery process of young adults following post-traumatic amputation of a lower
extremity would best be furthered by using which of the following conceptual models of nursing?
