Motitvation Flashcards
Human motivation is influenced by what
- values and beliefs
- experience
- expectations about outcome of certain behaviour
- how we feel about ourselves
- how competent we feel in general and about the specific activity being contemplated
- skillful, caring professionals
Inactive people’s main reason for not acting on belief that active living is healthy
- Lack of time
- cost and inconvenience are other perceived barriers
What evidence backs up that “people choose to spend what leisure time they do have in inactive ways”
- dec in television viewing
- most popular activity is shopping
3 main reasons people give for becoming active in their leisure time?
- gain health benefits, self image, and enjoyment or pleasure
Health benefits to active living
- weight control, reduced anxiety, better sleep, and lower rates of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, and osteoporosis
Among people coming for a 1st appraisal, a disproportionate number are what age?
39, 40, 41, 49, 50. and 51
Among people coming for a 1st appraisal, a disproportionate number are ages 39, 40, 41, 49, 50. and 51. What does this suggest
people use the end of these decades as a time to take inventory of their lives and perhaps make changes to preserve or region their health
Second major motivator to begin and continue activity
self-image and body-image (“to get fit” “to get in better shape”
why must fitness professionals be careful about over-motivation for clients with self image and body image goals
- results may be quick to come and easy to see, which will be highly rewarding -> can lead to steroid abuse, & unhealthy eating behaviours
Most lasting motivator (continue activity over months and years)?
feeling better, having fun, a sense of achievement or success, enjoying time with other people (all intrinsic movements)
cause our needs to socialize can be achieved thru sedentary pursuits (watching videos), counselors challenge?
help clients see PA in broad way, not just exercise like weight training or running
- this will help client conclude that they can inc their activity lvl while still meeting their needs to socialize
What does adherence mean
Sticking to it
How is adherence to exercise
- low, only 30% of those who begin an exercise program are still exercising 3 years later
What is the priority at the beginning of a lifestyle change
establishing a regular habit of the new behaviour
How important is volume and intensity of activity
not important, as long as they are not excessive
What supports and undermines adherence
- support of intimate partner vs. unsupportive or neutral attitude by the partner
What is especially important during the time between the “honeymoon stage” and the regular habit stage
the support of the fitness leader, counselor, and/or personal trainer is esp helpful
Effective way to extinguish a behaviour
Ignoring a specific behaviour
Adherence to PA is more related to ____ than to health benefit or self-image
enjoyment/pleasure
What could enjoyment or pleasure mean
- feeling better
- having fun
- pleasurable sensations
- sense of achievement/success
- enjoying time w/other people
3 commonly cited reasons that people give for not being more physically active?
- lack of time
- lack of energy
- lack of motivation
What do people actually mean when they say lack of time
There are so many other things that seem more important to me – that I want to do or feel I have to do — that there is not time to do all these things and also spend time being physically active
Why is lack of nrg reason contradictory
active lifestyle actually energizes you
Motivation is not a trait of the individual, but instead represents ____
the interaction of the individual w/her environment
“Motivation is not a trait of the individual, but instead represents the interaction of the individual w/her environment” implies
health promotion can inc the motivation of a person toward PA by altering that person’s environment
What other barriers are older adults likely to cite
- health concerns, injury, safety, lack of skill, environmental barriers & misconception about the benefits of PA
What is classical conditioning? Example
an initially neutral stimulus is repeatedly paired w/a meaningful non-neutral stimulus so that the neutral stimulus comes to elicit the response originally made only to the non-neutral stimulus
- Pavlov’s dog: pavlov noticed his dog salivated when its food was presented. Pavlov tried an experiement. Every time just before he fed his dog he rang a bell. The dog salivated, as usual at the sight of its food. After some weeks of this, Pavlov rang the bell w/out presenting the food. The dog salivated. It had become “conditioned” to the experience of the bell preceding the food
What is operant learning
voluntary acts (or ‘operants’) become more or less probable, depending on the consequences they produce
What are operants
behaviours or responses (as bar pressing by a rat to obtain food) that operate on the environment to produce rewarding and reinforcing effects
We can help people become more active by ___
ensuring that their activity experiences are positive
6 strategies to use when trying to change your behaviour/ establish a new habit
- Make it easy to do the healthy thing
- Time management
- Goal Setting
- Substitution
- Stimulus control
- Environment cueing
Example of making it easy to do “the healthy thing”
- Bottle recycling at SFU
Ideas for time management
- schedule ur activity time into ur weekly calendar just as u would school deadlines, dinner dates, or medical appts
- record ur exercise sessions, or the # of times u went out to dinner, or drank alcohol, or whatever else ur tracking
- set limits e.g. only check email once a day
Procrastination is NOT time management or planning problem but _____
a psychological problem
- may be a manifestation of generalized problems in self-regulation e.g. regulating emotion like fear or failure
- procrastinators look actively for distractions e.g. checking email
How can procrastinators change
with structured cognitive behavioral therapy
Strategies for goal setting
- Setting goals
- Making a contract w/urself or someone else
- Publicizing this contract e.g. sharing w/others
- Planning & giving urself rewards for goals achieved
What is substation based on
understanding what need is being met by a particular behaviour & then explore how this need could be met in another way, a way that u or the client considers to be more healthy
Example of substition
instead of snacking on chips, eat raw veggies (both crunchy, neat (w/out dip), easy)
What is stimulus control. Example
- limit ur access to stimulus
e. g. setting your computer so that Facebook isn’t ur homepage (rather than trying to mentally reprogram ur response e.g. training urself to think you’ll check FB when done hw)
e. g. stay at school n do hw instead of coming home after classes done
What is environmental control
- opposite of stimulus control
- ‘seed’ ur environment with cues that will help u do what u want to do
Example of environmental control
- Put Martha Stewart’s Cookbook on ur kitchen counter
What does the model of “motivational interviewing” define motivation as
motivation is NOT a trait of the client, but is the result of the interaction between client n the counselor
- motivation isn’t smtg client has or hasnt
- motivation isn’t smtg counselor can give to client
even tho motivation isn’t smtg counselor can give to client, what can counselors do
CAN foster an interaction that will help client feel motivated
what does it mean by people are ‘ambivalent’
- they see costs n benefits of specific behaviours
- client is drawn to exercise for specific reason (health) but at same time sees some disadvantages to exercise (inconvenience)
motivating the client is a matter of ____
tipping the balance, of adding to the weight of good things about exercising, & perhaps gently removing some of the negatives
5 principles of motivational interviewing?
- Express empathy
- Develop discrepancy
- Avoid argumentation or confrontation
- Roll with resistance
- Support self-efficacy
Why is it bad to sympathize with client
this can reinforce the negatives n undermine the client’s self-efficacy
Simplest and most genuine way to express empathy to client? Examples
Show respect
e.g. start appts or classes on time
What does cognitive dissonance mean
internal conflict between a person’s behaviour n that person’s beliefs or values
consequences that conflict with important goals ____ change
favour change (i’m not doing any exercise, but i know that exercise makes u feel n look better and i’d like that)
who should be the one to present the arguments for change
the client. the counselor can facilitate by helping the client explore the good things n not-so-good things about being inactive (or smoking etc.)
when developing discrepancy avoid ___
labeling (e.g. ur a couch potato)
when discrepancy inc, what are the possible outcomes
- may resolve discrepancy by denying behavior (I get all the exercise I need)
- may lower her self-esteem (I know im killing myself by not exercise, but im not good anyways)
- may lower her self-efficacy (i know i should be exercising, but i just can’t do it)
- discrepancy resolved by changing the behaviour
Counselors role during developing discrepancy
increase dissonance, then direct the dissonance so that the result is changed behavior rather than modified behaviour
why should u avoid arguements n confrontation
- arguments r counterproductive
- defending breeds defensiveness n dec the probability the client will change in the direction u want
what is a signal to change strategies
resistance
what is the worst way to change the opinion of a person
direct argumentation
what does ‘people tend to learn what they believe as they hear themselves talk’ mean
as a person verbally defends a position, he becomes more committed to it
New perspectives should be ____, but not imposed
invited
What are the techniques of reflective listening
- use open-ended rather than closed-end questions (so what do u think that happened vs. are u finding the program boring)
who is responsible for choosing n carrying out personal change
client
who decides how mjuch of a problem there is n what needs to be done about it
client
counselor’s role in supporting self-efficacy
- presents reality in clear fashion, but leaves client to decide what to do about it
- counselor a resource, providing info n perspectives, alternatives, n possibilities
what is NOT the counselor’s role in supporting self-efficacy
to confront clients, to ‘make them face up to reality’
who is responsible for the current situation and who gets credit for change
client (if an individual sees herself as being responsible for having accomplished a change, then it is more likely the change will maintain)
why should counsellors not impose the change
the client has less invested in the program
how would motivational interviewing affect client-counsellor relationship
takes pressure off fitness leader by shifting locus of control from counselor to client (the ‘expert at the front’ becomes ‘the guide by the side’
- foster self-determination rather than continued dependence
People who make too large a change in their lifestyles have more difficulty _____
maintaining that change, and are more likely to ‘fall off the wagon’
regular activity is often the ____ for other health behaviour. Why?
starting point
- because the rapid positive feedback that most people get from exercise inc self-image n self-efficacy, which gives people confidence to make other changes
What was wrong with bob who believed no pain no gain
no pain needed to make gains. destructive thinking
Stephen’s brother in law
races were so important to his self-esteem that he was willing to give up the health benefits of running in order to ‘save face’
Jack and Jill example
- jack wanted to start slow and saw progress, while jill wanted to jump right back but felt deterred and fatigue. jill lost interest in running
what is the point of alice and chesire cat convo
without goals, we will certainly get somewhere — but maybe it isn’t the somewhere we want to go
What does it mean by ‘the CONTENT of the advice might be perfectly appropriate, but may be met with resistance if we do not attend to PROCESS’
the way of communication with people, inc clients, is usually more significant than the content of the communication
modern counselling practice is based on the ____ approach
client-centered approach
what is the client-centered approach
the client is the one who decides what the problem is and what (if anything) he wants to do about it. the counselor is there to help the client explore her thoughts n feelings, and possibly later to help her develop an action plan. counselor is there to mainly listen, guide, and facilitate, and reflect
instead of telling personal experiences to client, what questions should u ask
‘why do u think that is’
‘has this ever happened before?
‘well what has worked for some people is…’
according to SMART model of goal setting, goals are most effective when
when they have 5 characteristics (SMART)
What are the 5 characteristics of SMART model
- Specific
- Measurable
- Agreed upon
- Realistic
- Time-based
Example of ‘specific’ goal
rather than saving ‘i’d like to inc my fitness’ say ‘id like to inc the endurance in my thigh muscles’
what does it mean for a goal to be measurable
- lets u know if goal obtainable, how far away it is, n when it has been achieved
- state outcomes so progress toward goal can be quantified
- e.g. “do 50 seated leg presses on the Universal Gym machine set at 80kg”
- cause u stated goal in measurable form, someone else can appraise u and tell u how ur doing
what does it mean for a goal to be agreed upon
- when ‘stakeholders’ accepted the goals, they are more motivated to work towards them than if the goals are imposed by someone else (e.g. personal trainer)
what does it mean for a goal to be realistic
- e.g. depends upon client’s current status & time frame in which they wish to achieve goal
- goals that are too easy don’t inspire people. goals that are too hard are discouraging
What is trainability
the ability to improve one’s fitness
what does trainability depend on
genetic potential and current fitness level
what happens when an untrained person begins training vs. athelete
untrained: usually a rapid inc at first e.g. o2 uptake may inc by 20% in 3 months
athlete who has been doing aerobic training for years may only see inc of 1-2% over a whole year of training
(eventually fitness does not inc any further)
the lvl at which an individual plateaus apparently depends upon what
genetic and other constitutional factors
what does it mean that goals should be time-based
- should indicate when specific actions will be taken n a target date for attainment of the goal
- helps to break long term goals into short term goals
- if long term goal is ‘be able to complete 10km run in under 60 mins’, client might start w/following plan:
1. June 2: walk to park, around park, and home without stopping
2. June 3: do walk again
3. June 4: walk to park, run around park, and run home - should be enough time to achieve goal but not too much time