Kurt Lewis Flashcards
a comprehensive description and illustration of how and why a
desired change is expected to happen in a particular context
Theory of Change
explains the process of change by outlining causal linkages in an initiative, i.e.,
its shorter-term, intermediate, and longer-term outcomes. The identified changes are mapped – as the
“outcomes pathway”
Theory of Change
Father of Social Psychology
Kurt Lewin
a dynamic balance of forces working in opposing directions
unfreezing-change-refreeze model
Are those that push in a direction that causes change to occur or that facilitate the change because they push a person in a desired direction. They cause a shift in the equilibrium towards change.
Driving Forces
Are those forces that counter the driving force. They hinder change because they push the patient in the opposite direction. They cause shift in the equilibrium that opposes change.
Restraining Forces
Is a state of being where driving forces equal restraining forces, and no change occurs. It can be raised or lowered by changes that occur between the driving and restraining forces.
Equilibrium
Is the process which involves finding a method of making it possible for people to let go
of an old pattern that was somehow counterproductive.
Unfreezing
also called “moving to a new level” or “movement,” involves a process of change in thoughts, feeling, behaviour, or all three, that is in some way more liberating or more productive.
Change Stage
establishing the change as the new habit, so that it now becomes the “standard operating procedure”. Without this final stage, it can be east for the patient to go back to old habits.
Refreezing Stage
Is the recognition the need for change and the dissolution of previously held patterns of
behaviour.
Unfreezing
Is the shift of behaviour toward a new and more healthful pattern. (also called the “change stage”)
Movement
Is the long-term solidification of the new pattern of behavior.
Refreezing
