When Critiquing a Research Study's Theoretical Framework, the Nurse Should

question 4

Multiple Choice

When critiquing a research study's theoretical framework, the nurse should keep in mind which information? (Select all that apply.)

• A) Theoretical frameworks guide hypothesis formulation in qualitative and quantitative research studies.
• B) Theoretical frameworks can be implicitly or explicitly stated in a research report.
• C) A theoretical framework of a nursing research study must be based on nursing theories or models.
• D) A theoretical framework may not be identified in all types of nursing research.

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Definitions:

Conditioned Fear

A learned response where a neutral stimulus begins to elicit fear after being paired with an aversive event.

Behavioral Contrast

A phenomenon observed in operant conditioning where a change in the reinforcement conditions for one behavior alters the rate of another behavior.

Excitatory Generalization Gradients

Graphs showing the level of generalization from an excitatory conditioned stimulus (CS1) to other stimuli.