Psychology Flashcards
Three important routes to change (MAP)
Motivation
Action
Prompts
Motivation
decisional balance
to understand how behaviour is affecting health and what it would mean to change that behaviour
Action
strategies to actually change behaviours
set SMART goals so patient can feel success
Prompts
environment can help change or be a barrier
e.g. support, rewards, restructure environment, visualisation
collaborative work
work with patient to ensure goals fit with their lifestyle so they are more likely to try changing their behaviour
Health belief model
people will take action by weighing up pros/cons and make rationale decision
doesn’t take into account external factors
Theory of planned behaviour
suggests behaviour is driven by intentions influenced by attitude, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control
social cognitive theory (3)
self efficacy
outcome expediencies
reciprocal determinism
OARS
Open questions
Affirmations
Reflection
Summarise
cycle of change
5 steps
relapse
termination
Barriers to admission of problem (4)
denial
perceived invulnerability
faulty conceptualisations
debilitating emotions
Barriers to initial attempts to change (3)
lack of knowledge
low self-efficacy
dysfunctional attitudes
Barriers to long-term change
cognitive + motivational drift
lack of perceived improvement
lack of social support
lapses
