Test Bank for Philosophies and Theories for Advanced Nursing Practice 3rd Edition by Janie B. Butts & Karen L. Rich | ISBN-13: ‎978-1284112245 | Updated 2025/2026

Test Bank for Philosophies and Theories
for Advanced Nursing Practice 3rd Edition
Janie B. Butts and Karen L. Rich

, Chapter C1 C– CPhilosophy Cof CScience: CAn CIntroduction


1. Why Care Cnatural Csciences Calso Creferred Cto Cas C“pure” Csciences?


A. They Care Cconsidered Cstand-alone Cbodies Cof Cunique Cknowledge.
B. They Care Cthe Conly Csciences Cto Cwhich Cthe Cscientific Cmethod Ccan Cbe Capplied.
C. They Care Cthe Coriginal Csciences Cupon Cwhich Call Cothers Care Cbased.
D. They Care Cnot Caffected Cby Csubjectivity Cin Cthe Cway Cother Csciences Care.


Ans: C A


2. Which Cis Cnot Can Cexample Cof Can Capplied Cscience Cas Cused Cin Chealth Ccare Ctoday?


A. Social Cwork
B. Psychotherapy
C. Examination Cof Ccare Cdisparities
D. Pathology
Ans: C D
C


3. Roberta Cfirmly Cbelieves Cthat Cindividual Cexperiences Care Cthe Csource Cof Call
knowledge Cin Cthe Cworld. CAs Ca Cscientist, Cshe Cacknowledges Cher Crole Cas Ca Cparticipant
C


in Cthe Cexperiments Cshe Cperforms Cand Cdoes Cconsider Cherself Cmerely Ca Cdisconnected
C


observer Cof Cphenomenon.
C


Roberta’s Cviews Care Cmost Ccloslyreflectiveof Cwhichschool Cof Cscientific Cthought?

A. Natural CScience
B. Human CScience
C. Applied CScience
D. Soft
Science CAns:
C


C B
4. What Cis Cthe Cultimate Cgoal Cof Cthe Cscientific Cmethod?


A. Application Cof Cscientific Cresults Cto Ca Crelated Cbody Cof Cknowledge Cin Corder Cto Cmeet Csome

,type Cof Chuman Cneed.
B. Examination Cof Cthe Cdecisions Cmade Cby Ca Cscientist Cto Cunderstand Cthe
ways Cin Cwhich Csubjectivity Cwas Cintroduced Cto Cthe Cexperiment.
C


C. Reproducible Cexperimental Cresults Cthat Cdo Cnot Ctake Cresearcher Cindividuality Cinto Caccount.
D. Improving Cthe Csituation Cor Cprocess Cused Cin Cthe Cexperiment Cto Cyield Cmore
accurate Cresults Cin Crepeat Cexperiments.
C




Ans: C C




5. Which Cof Cthe Cfollowing Cbest Cdescribes Cthe Caim Cof Cnatural Csciences?


A. Affirmation Cof Cthe Cimportance Cof Ccultural Cunderstanding Cby Cuncovering
the Ccommon Csubjective Cbiases Cof Cdifferent Cdisciplines.
C


B. Improvement Cof Cthe Cquality Cof Clife Cby Cunderstanding Cwhat Chelps Cpeople
maximize Ctheir Cfunctional Cabilities.
C


C. Utilization Cof Cknowledge Cby Capplying Cit Cto Ca Cspecific Cpurpose Cin Corder Cto
better Ca Csituation Cor Cchange Cviewpoints.
C


D. Development Cof Cknowledge Cfor Cthe Csake Cof Cdeveloping Cknowledge, Cdiscovering
truth, CCand Ccontrolling Coutcomes.
C




Ans: C D


6. Gretchen Cand CPeter Care Cgraduate Cstudents Cin Cthe Csame CPhysics Clab. CTheir
supervisor Chas Casked Cboth Cof Cthem Cto Cperform Cthe Csame Cexperiment Cusing Cthe
C


same Cprocedure Cand Cequipment. C After Cthey’ve Cboth Ccompleted Ctheir Ctask, Cthe
C


compare Ctheir Cresults Cand Cdiscover Cthat Cthey Care Cnearly Cidentical. C Which Cof Cthe
C


five Ccriteria Cfor Cscience Cdoes CGretchen Cand
C


Peter’s Cdiscovery Cexemplify?


A. Intersubjective Ctestability
B. Reliability

, C. Definiteness Cand Cprecision
D. Coherence


Ans: C A
C




7. Which Cstatement Cdoes Cnot Cdescribe Ca Cgeneral Ccharacteristic Cof Cphilosophy?


A. Thinking Cfor Cthe Csake Cof Cthinking.
B. Utilization Cof Cprocess Cand Coutcome.
C. Demarcation Cof Cwholeness Cand Cholism.
D. Application Cof Cepistemology Cand Contology.


Ans: C C


8. Repetitive Cpatterns Cof Cbehavior Cdictated Cby Cpast Cexperiences Cis Can Cexample Cof Cwhich
source Cof Cknowledge?
C




A. Doctrine
B. Common Csense
C. Tradition
D. Authority
Ans: C C
C