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Motivation + Change, Intervention (Week 9) Flashcards

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Change

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  • One’s highly personal reasons and tipping points.
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Transtheoretical Model of Change

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  • A model of how individuals intend to change their behaviour.
  • Individuals move through each stage sequentially in their process of change (meaning they do NOT skip stages).
  • Relapse tends to occur and reverts them back to the beginning.
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Stages of Change

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Stage 1. Pre-Contemplative

Stage 2: Contemplative/Ambivalence.

Stage 3: Preparation/Determination

Stage 4: Action

Stage 5: Maintenance

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Stage 1: Pre-Contemplative

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Awareness of need to change.

  • Starts when a person is unaware/oblivious to the need of change.
  • Ends when one realizes that their behaviour needs to change.
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Stage 2: Contemplative / Ambivalence

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Increasing the pros for change and decreasing the cons.

  • Individuals are ambivalent in this stage, meaning they are torn between changing and remaining the same.
  • Can remain in this stage for months or even years.
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Stage 3: Preparation/Determination

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The commitment and planning stage.

  • Those in this stage have made a decision to change their behaviour in the new future.
  • Known as the “dress rehearsal” stage of change.
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Stage 4: Action

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Implementing and revising the plan.

  • Those in this stage are deliberately and actively in changing their overt behaviour.
  • Commitment to making change is clear, firm, and noticeable to others.
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Stage 5: Maintenance

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Integrating change into lifestyle.

  • This stage is entered when one has engaged in their new behaviour for more than 6 months.
  • Sold on their new behaviour and want to continue with recovery because they have experienced the early benefits of change.
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Termination (Change)

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  • Not typically considered a stage of change.
  • The product of trial and error and relapse and recycling.
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Quantum Change

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  • Sudden and/or immediate change that is vivid, surprising, benevolent, enduring, and conflicting.
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Procrastination

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  • The action of delaying or postponing something.
  • 6 styles that delay change: the perfectionist, dreamer, worrier, defier, crisis-maker, and the over-doer.
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The Perfectionist Procrastinator

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One who does not start a task because of their fear of failure and high expectations.

  • Failure = NOT doing the task perfectly.
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The Dreamer Procrastinator

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One who does NOT believe that they should have to work hard to get what they want.

  • They think it should all just fall into their lap.
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The Worrier Procrastinator

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One who does NOT start an important or difficult task because they don’t believe that they’ll be able to do it.

  • Fear they won’t succeed.
  • Feel anxiety at the thought of failure.
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The Defier Procrastinator

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One who delays tasks because they believe it is boring, mundane, or stupid.

  • So they complete a task that they deem as more important.
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The Crisis-Maker Procrastinator

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One who believes that in order to be motivated to do a task, they need to feel the stress and/or pressure from last minute action.

  • Without this, they believe that they won’t perform at their best.
  • Need pressure to alleviate the boredom.
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The Over-Doer Procrastonator

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One who is motivated by anxiety.

Commits to doing too many tasks.

  • Fails to prioritize the important tasks and therefore fails to get them done on time.

Failure = not getting everything done.

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What-The-Hell Effect

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  • Phenomenon that occurs when someone gives up on their goals or resolutions after a minor setback.
  • Once the goal hasn’t been met, perception that it no longer matters.
  • Blows way past the goal.
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Self Efficacy

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  • It is the degree to which an individual feels able to perform an action.
  • Can predict and facilitate change.
  • Learn from past experiences.
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Motivation

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  • A complex interplay of internal and external forces that stimulate and direct behaviour.
  • Known as purposeful behaviour (WHY people do something).
  • Goal directed and future oriented (“if-then thinking”)
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Evolution

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  • A reason that we have motivation.
  • Instincts
  • Innate drives to act a certain why.
  • Complex, unlearned behaviour with a fixed pattern among a species.
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Drive Reduction Theory

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A reason that we have motivation.

Suggests that motivation arises from biological drives.

  • Physiological needs that must be satisfied in order to maintain homeostasis.
  • Role of incentives.
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Homeostasis

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A state of balance in the body.

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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

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A reason that we have motivation.

Theory that suggests that human needs can be organized into a five-level pyramid.

  • Basic and fundamental needs at the BOTTOM on the pyramid.
  • Complex psychological needs at the TOP of the pyramid.

People must satisfy the lower-level needs first, before they can focus on higher-level needs.

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Words that Fuel Motivation

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  1. Consequences
  2. Competence
  3. Choice
  4. Community
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Motivational Interviews

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  • One-on-one style of communication that is intended to strengthen and evoke another person’s own reasons and motivations for change.
  • A client-centred approach.
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Intervention

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  • Something done at any point of the addiction cycle to stop it from progressing.
  • Can be formal or informal.
  • Goal is to get the person to recognize that they need treatment.
  • Non-judgemental and comes from a place of caring.
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Informal Intervention

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A more spontaneous and less structured approach to addressing a problem.

  • More personal, less scripted, and occurs without a specific formalized process.
  • Usually involves direct communication and support by family and friends (no professionals).
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Formal Intervention

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A structured and organized approach to addressing a specific problem by a group of people or professionals.

Often used in situations where a problem is severe or unmanageable without external support.

Has four stages:

  • Assessment
  • Pre-Intervention
  • Intervention
  • Post-Intervention

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