Dorothy Johnsons Flashcards
What did Dorothy Johnson developed?
Behavioral Systems Model
It is the output of intraorganismic structures and processes as they are coordinated and articulated by and responsive to changes in sensory stimulation.
Behavior
It is a whole that functions as a whole virtue of the independence of its parts.
System
This encompasses the patterned, repetitive and
purposely ways of behaving.
Behavioral System
“social inclusion, intimacy, and the formation and attachment of a strong social bond.”
Attachment – affiliative subsystem
“approval, attention or recognition, and physical
assistance (helping or nurturing).
Dependency Subsystem
“the emphasis is on the meaning and structures of
the social events surrounding the occasion when the food is eaten, its
function is appetite satisfaction.
Ingestive Subsystem
human cultures have defined different socially
acceptable behaviors for excretion of waste but the existence of such a pattern remains different from culture to culture.
Eliminative Subsystem
“both biological and social factor affect the behavior
in the sexual subsystem.” E.g., role identity, courting, mating. The function is procreation and gratification.
Sexual subsystem
“related to the behavior concerned with protection and self-preservation: one that generates defensive
response from the individual when life or territory is being threatened.
Aggressive-Protective subsystem
“provokes behavior that attempts to control the
environment; intellectual, physical, creative, mechanical and social skills;
(efforts to gain and control).
Achievement subsystem
It is a key concept in nursing’s specific goal. It is defined as “a stabilized but more or less transitory, resting state in which the individual is in harmony with himself and with his
environment”
Equilibrium
This implies that deviations will be detected and corrected. Feedback is, therefore, a requirement of effective control. There is self-regulation by the client.
Regulation/Control
It is defined as a state of being stretched or strained
and can be viewed as an end-product of a disturbance in equilibrium
Tension
An internal or external stimuli that produce tension and result in a degree
of instability are called stressors. “Stimuli may be positive in that they are
present; or negative in that something desired or required is absent.
Stressor
