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PhilipSeeMore · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

Nurses working in an outpatient clinic setting are developing teaching strategies for clients with complex treatment requirements. Utilizing the behaviorist theory of learning, these nurses will do which of the following? (Select all that apply.)

______ Convey sympathy in the nurse-client relationship.
______ Praise the learner for correct behavior.
______ Provide role models of desired behavior.
______ Encourage the learners to establish goals.
______ Provide sufficient practice time.
______ Provide opportunities for learning to use trial-and-error techniques.

Question 2

According to Lewin's theory of cognitivism, learning is a complex activity that involves what four types of changes? (Select all that apply.)

______ Cognitive structure
______ Perception
______ Motivation
______ Sense of belonging to the group
______ Emotions
______ Voluntary muscle control

cici · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: Praise the learner for correct behavior.
Provide role models of desired behavior.
Provide sufficient practice time.
Provide opportunities for learning to use trial-and-error techniques.
Rationale : Another trait of behaviorist theory is to select teaching strategies that avoid distracting information and that evoke the desired response. Conveying sympathy and encouragement for the learner's established goals are attributes of the humanistic behavior theory.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: Cognitive structure, Motivation, Sense of belonging to the group, Voluntary muscle control
Rationale : Perception and emotions are not part of the four different types of changes that occur in Lewin's theory of learning.