Module 6: Planning for Change

Question 1

Goals should be based on ___ not ____

Answer 1

• Behavior

- An outcome

Question 2

Goals

Answer 2

• Behaviors that move a person toward achieving an outcome
• They tell you how to get where you want to go
• They are behavior/action steps

Question 3

Approach Goals

Answer 3

Help people move toward desired outcomes

Question 4

Avoidance Goals

Answer 4

Help people move away from undesired outcomes

Question 5

Performance Goals

Answer 5

Involve judging and evaluating one’s ability

Question 6

Mastery Goals

Answer 6

• Involve increasing existing abilities and learning new skills
• Associated with improved self-efficacy
• Help people persist in their behavior change efforts when they are challenged or discouraged

Question 7

(T/F) Mastery & Performance Goals should be set together

Answer 7

True, they should supplement each other

Question 8

SMART Goals

Answer 8

• Specific
• Measurable
• Achievable
• Realistic
• Time-based

Question 9

Action Plan

Answer 9

• Specifies where, when, & how a goal will be implemented

- Short-term goal w/ specific steps for the SMART goal to be achieved

Question 10

Coping Planning

Answer 10

• The process of anticipating barriers & challenges for action plans & making plans to overcome these barriers - like a backup plan
• They shield action plans from distraction & derailment