Which Factor Is a Barrier to Evidence-Informed Practice

question 29

Multiple Choice

Which factor is a barrier to evidence-informed practice?

• A) Knowledge of statistical information
• B) Lack of information literacy skills
• C) Requirements by administration to incorporate information
• D) Preference for computerized sources over information from colleagues

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Definitions:

Confirmation Bias

The tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one’s preexisting beliefs or hypotheses.

Representativeness Heuristic

A cognitive shortcut used in decision making, where an individual relies on the similarity between the item in question and a category prototype.

Divergent Thinking

Expanding the number of possible problem solutions; creative thinking that diverges in different directions.

Fixation

(1) in thinking, the inability to see a problem from a new perspective; an obstacle to problemsolving. (2) in personality theory, according to Freud, a lingering focus of pleasure-seeking the developing human organism from about 2 weeks after fertilization through the secondmonth