Module 1 Video Assignment

Assignment 1

P

lease

send me notes so

I

can

create a video

Create a 6

-

7 minute video addressing the following questions/prompts:

• Briefly describe the ways that each of the major learning theories

(behaviorist, cognitive, social learning, psychodynamic, and humanist) can be

used to

increase a behavior. Then, briefly describe the ways that each of

these major theories can be used to decrease or extinguish a behavior.

• How can the learning theories be used in combination to change behavior

and enhance learning?

•

Discuss the following

scenarios:

1

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You are a staff nurse preceptor, and you find that the nurse orientee you

are working with has difficulty understanding the idea of titrating drug

dosages on the basis of physiologic data. A weakness in which type(s) of

learning might be unde

rlying this problem? In addressing this orientee's

difficulty, what other information would you collect?

2

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You are preparing to counsel a nursing student who is failing a nursing

course: How would your approach differ if you based your counseling on the

Se

lf

-

Efficacy Theory versus the Attribution Theory?

3

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You are a clinical preceptor in a health care agency, how can the Social

Cognitive Theory assist you in teaching your preceptee?

Assignment 1

Please send me notes so I can create a video

Create a 6-7 minute video addressing the following questions/prompts:

• Briefly describe the ways that each of the major learning theories

(behaviorist, cognitive, social learning, psychodynamic, and humanist) can be

used to increase a behavior. Then, briefly describe the ways that each of

these major theories can be used to decrease or extinguish a behavior.

• How can the learning theories be used in combination to change behavior

and enhance learning?

• Discuss the following scenarios:

1-You are a staff nurse preceptor, and you find that the nurse orientee you

are working with has difficulty understanding the idea of titrating drug

dosages on the basis of physiologic data. A weakness in which type(s) of

learning might be underlying this problem? In addressing this orientee's

difficulty, what other information would you collect?

2-You are preparing to counsel a nursing student who is failing a nursing

course: How would your approach differ if you based your counseling on the

Self-Efficacy Theory versus the Attribution Theory?

3- You are a clinical preceptor in a health care agency, how can the Social

Cognitive Theory assist you in teaching your preceptee?