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Denial
Rationalization
Regression
Threat defense Repression
mechanisms Displacement - avoidance
Projection
Intellectualization
Compensation
pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation,
Stages of Change
action, maintenance
A set of propositions that furnish an explanation by
means of a deductive system.
Scientific Theory
Deductive: specific predictions from general
principles
two types of theory Commonsense theory,Scientific theory
commonsense theory: a personal attempt to make sense of a situation
Concepts
elements of scientific Variables
theory Statements
Formats
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three main goals of describe, explain and predict
scientific theory
CTE structure concepts, theoretical structure, empirical referents
Concept of a questioning practice where cause and
Theoretical thinking
effect are examined, constantly.
components are functionally integrated into an order
Holarchy of wholeness or unity, where the largest whole makes
up the scheme of nursing knowledge.
metaparadigm, philosophy, conceptual model, theory,
levels of abstraction
empirical indicator
ontological (study of reality: what do we believe to be
true)
Four philosophical areas
epistemological (study of knowledge),
of inquiry
ethics (moral philosophy)
logic (method of inquiry).
philosophy the love of knowledge
characterize relationships of phenomena in a
Conceptual Model
coherent format
describe concepts and relationship between
theories:
concepts
Deductive reasoning
Top-Down Approach
Testing a theory
General principles leading
to specific predictions
Inductive reasoning
Down-Up Approach
Generating a theory
Specific observations leading
to general rules
A complex macroscopic collection of relatively similar
Complex adaptive and partially connected micro-structures formed in
systems order to respond to an ever-changing external
environment.
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