Deck 7: Dorothy Johnsons Behavioral System Model

Question 1

The goal "to take in needed resources from the environment to maintain the integrity of the organism or to achieve a state of pleasure;to internalize the external environment" is associated with which subsystem?

A)Ingestive
B)Eliminative
C)Dependency
D)Affiliative

Answer 1

Ingestive

Question 2

A number of existing theories were integrated into Johnson's development of the Behavior System Model.The PRIMARY theoretical foundation(s)for the model is (are):

A)Transpersonal theory.
B)Florence Nightingale's theory of nursing.
C)Existential theory.
D)Systems theory and developmental theory.

Answer 2

Systems theory and developmental theory.

Question 3

Each subsystem is composed of at least four structural components EXCEPT:

A)Goal.
B)Set.
C)Value.
D)Action.

Answer 3

Value.

Question 4

According to Johnson,individuals are said to achieve efficient and effective behavioral functioning in all of the following EXCEPT:

A)Their behavior is commensurate with social demands.
B)They are able to fit within the mainstream of society and follow the orders of the physician in order to regain their health.
C)They are able to modify their behavior in ways that support biological imperatives.
D)They are able to benefit to the fullest extent during illness from the physician's knowledge and skill.

Question 5

Two components of each subsystem include choice and action.Johnson refers to choice as the individual's repertoire of alternative behaviors in a situation that will best meet the goal and attain the desired outcome.

Question 6

Which of following functions are associated with the aggressive-protective subsystem.Select all that apply:

A)To protect one's achievement goals
B)To protect one's beliefs
C)To focus on another or oneself in relation to social,psychological,and cultural needs and desires
D)To express one's feelings,emotions,and ideas verbally or nonverbally
E)To recognize biological,environmental,or health systems that are potential threats to self or others

Question 7

Johnson proposed five core principals of systems thinking.These core principals include which set of answers?

A)Person,environment,health,nursing,nursing therapeutics
B)Being,becoming,angst,choice,actualization
C)Wholeness and order,stabilization,reorganization,hierarchic interaction,and dialectical contradiction
D)Peace,harmony,balance,stability,perpetuation

Question 8

From a behavioral system perspective,homeorhesis is a more-important stabilizing process than homeostasis.In homeorhesis,the system stabilizes around:

A)A trajectory rather than a set point.
B)Self-righting tendencies that can occur over time.
C)Development or adaptation of the behavioral system.
D)All of the above.
E)None of the above.

Question 9

A disorder originating within any one subsystem is classified as a(n):

A)Insufficiency,which exists when a subsystem is not functioning.
B)Developed to its fullest capacity due to inadequacy of functional requirements.
C)Observed behavior that is purposeful,orderly,and predictable.
D)Discrepancy,which exists when a behavior does not meet the intended conceptual goal.

Question 10

Johnson integrated a complex knowledge set in the development of her Behavior System Model.Johnson has noted that her theory evolved from:

A)Philosophical ideas.
B)Theory and research.
C)Her clinical background.
D)All of the above.

Question 11

Johnson viewed health as efficient and effective functioning of the system and as behavioral system balance and stability.Behavioral system balance and stability are demonstrated by observed behavior that is:

A)Chaotic,random,and unpredictable.
B)Permeable,malleable,and flexible.
C)Purposeful,orderly,and predictable.
D)Predetermined,fixed,sequential,and static.

Question 12

Johnson conceptualized a nursing client as:

A)An interpersonal-integrative system.
B)Independent of the environment.
C)A behavioral system.
D)Comprising mind-body-spirit.

Question 13

The overall representation of Johnson's model can be viewed as a behavioral system within an environment.

Question 14

Johnson proposes that each subsystem is composed of at least four structural components that interact in a specific pattern.These parts are:

A)Person,environment,health,nursing
B)Goal,set,choice,and action
C)Preparation,readiness,action,review
D)Approach.disorganization,orientation,engagement

Question 15

Choice,according to Johnson's model,refers to:

A)The individual's repertoire of alternative behaviors in a situation that will best meet the goal and attain the desired outcome.
B)The desired result or consequence of the behavior.
C)A relatively stable and habitual behavioral pattern of responses to drives or stimuli.
D)Observable action of the individual.