The Health Behavior Model maintains that the likelihood of engaging in a healthy behavior increases as perception of the seriousness of the health condition that it addresses increases. Based on this, a researcher hypothesizes that individuals who receive anti-smoking literature with pictures of cancerous lungs will be more likely to quit smoking than individuals who receive only narrative information. This is an example of what kind of reasoning?

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Deductive is correct because deductive reasoning results in hypotheses that can be tested in a research study. Authoritative is incorrect because it bases nursing interventions on the advice or the suggestion of someone who has more education or power. Inductive reasoning is incorrect because it is used to generate theories from research data.

The Health Behavior Model Maintains That the Likelihood of Engaging