NURS 5327: Concept Development Questions With
Complete Solutions
Abstract concepts Correct Answers *are not clearly observable
directly or indirectly
*must be defined in terms of observable concepts
*independent of time and space
Advantages of concept analysis Correct Answers 1) **MOST
IMPORTANT** renders very precise theoretical as well as
operational definitions for use in theory and research
2) helps clarify nursing terms that have become catchphrases
and lost their meaning
3) utility for tool development and nursing language
development
4) rigorousness of intellectual exercise is extremely good
practice in thinking
Antecedents Correct Answers Those incidents or events that
must occur or be in place prior to the occurrence of the concept
"Prerequisites"
Associative concepts Correct Answers Exist only in some
conditions within a phenomenon; may have a zero value
Ex: income, presence of disease, anxiety
Concept Correct Answers *A symbolic statement that
describes a phenomenon or a class of phenomena
*Terms that refer to phenomena that occur in nature or thought
, *An abstract term derived from particular attributes about a
phenomena
*symbolic statement describing a phenomenon
*may be abstract and to varying degrees or relatively concrete
*Operationalized —>becomes VARIABLES used in hypotheses
to be tested in research
Concept analysis (Walker & Avant) Correct Answers Used
when concepts require basic definition and clarification for
research or scholarship (to achieve a common language)
1) select a concept
2) determine aims or purpose of analysis
3) identify all the uses of the concept possible
4) determine the defining attributes
5) identify model case
6) identify borderline, related, contrary, invented, and
illegitimate cases
7) identify antecedents and consequences
8) define empirical referants
Concept analysis/development/synthesis Correct Answers
*bring clarity to the definition of concepts used in a science
*the process of inquiry that explores the meaning of concepts
*to promote understanding
Concept characteristics Correct Answers *concrete or abstract
*can be DIRECTLY or INDIRECTLY seen, heard, felt,
smelled, etc.
* may be a word, 2 words, or phrase
*when operationalized, become variables tested in research
Complete Solutions
Abstract concepts Correct Answers *are not clearly observable
directly or indirectly
*must be defined in terms of observable concepts
*independent of time and space
Advantages of concept analysis Correct Answers 1) **MOST
IMPORTANT** renders very precise theoretical as well as
operational definitions for use in theory and research
2) helps clarify nursing terms that have become catchphrases
and lost their meaning
3) utility for tool development and nursing language
development
4) rigorousness of intellectual exercise is extremely good
practice in thinking
Antecedents Correct Answers Those incidents or events that
must occur or be in place prior to the occurrence of the concept
"Prerequisites"
Associative concepts Correct Answers Exist only in some
conditions within a phenomenon; may have a zero value
Ex: income, presence of disease, anxiety
Concept Correct Answers *A symbolic statement that
describes a phenomenon or a class of phenomena
*Terms that refer to phenomena that occur in nature or thought
, *An abstract term derived from particular attributes about a
phenomena
*symbolic statement describing a phenomenon
*may be abstract and to varying degrees or relatively concrete
*Operationalized —>becomes VARIABLES used in hypotheses
to be tested in research
Concept analysis (Walker & Avant) Correct Answers Used
when concepts require basic definition and clarification for
research or scholarship (to achieve a common language)
1) select a concept
2) determine aims or purpose of analysis
3) identify all the uses of the concept possible
4) determine the defining attributes
5) identify model case
6) identify borderline, related, contrary, invented, and
illegitimate cases
7) identify antecedents and consequences
8) define empirical referants
Concept analysis/development/synthesis Correct Answers
*bring clarity to the definition of concepts used in a science
*the process of inquiry that explores the meaning of concepts
*to promote understanding
Concept characteristics Correct Answers *concrete or abstract
*can be DIRECTLY or INDIRECTLY seen, heard, felt,
smelled, etc.
* may be a word, 2 words, or phrase
*when operationalized, become variables tested in research
