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TFauchery · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

The nurse is instructing a client on self-administration of a subcutaneous injection. The nurse is using which theoretical construct of learning?

1. Thorndike's behaviorism
2. Skinner's positive reinforcement
3. Pavlov's conditioning response
4. Bandura's imitation

Question 2

A nurse is planning a community health education project that deals with organ donation, and the target audience is a group of adults. When following andragogy concepts, the nurse should make sure that the teaching includes which information?

1. Past statistics about organ donors
2. Written pamphlets
3. Directions about how to become an organ donor
4. Information on how this group can influence their children

coreycathey · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 4
Rationale 1: Edward Thorndike originally advanced the theory of behaviorism and maintained that learning should be based on the learner's behavior.
Rationale 2: Skinner focused his work on conditioning behavioral responses to a stimulus that causes the response or behavior.
Rationale 3: Pavlov focused his work on conditioning behavioral responses to a stimulus that causes the response or behavior.
Rationale 4: Bandura claims that most learning comes from observation and instruction. Imitation is the process by which individuals copy or reproduce what they have observed.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 3
Rationale 1: An adult is more oriented to learning when the material is useful immediately, not sometime in the future.
Rationale 2: Written information may or may not be helpful, depending on what types of learners are included in the group.
Rationale 3: An adult is more oriented to learning when the material is useful immediately, not sometime in the future. For this audience, giving clear directions on how to become an organ donor would be more helpful than past information and future activities such as influencing their children.
Rationale 4: For this audience, giving clear directions on how to become an organ donor would be more helpful than past information and future activities such as influencing their children.