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Question 1

Stage 1 =

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Precontemplation

Question 2

Stage 2 =

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Contemplation

Question 3

Stage 3 =

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Preparation

Question 4

Stage 4 =

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Action

Question 5

Stage 5 =

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Maintenance

Question 6

Stage 6 =

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Termination

Question 7

Precontemplation [3]:

Answer 7

• Individual has no intention to change behaviour in the near future
• May be unaware that behaviour is problematic
• May only seek help cus of pressure from others

Question 8

Contemplation [4]:

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• Person may be aware problem exists
• Yet to make a commitment to fix problem
• Amount of effort it will take to give up behaviour is an issue
• Can stay in this stage for a while

Question 9

Preparation [2]:

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• Individuals who are prepared to change their problem behaviour report small behaviour changes
• such as gambling less frequently or smoking less cigarettes

Question 10

Action [4]:

Answer 10

• Individuals modify their behaviour to overcome their problem
• Stage involves most overt behavioural changes
• Requires considerable commitment
• Classified in this stage when they have stayed from 1 day-6 months

Question 11

Maintenance [2]:

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• Individual aims to consolidate knowledge gained during previous stage to prevent relapse
• Classified with this when they have stayed clean for 6+ months

Question 12

Termination [3]:

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• Individual is no longer tempted to revert to problem behaviour
• Individual is confident they can maintain the change
• Often adding new goals and achieving even more success

Question 13

Usefulness of the model [2]:

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• Useful cus it suggests that successful recovery is dependent on the current state individual is in
• Haslam & Draper (2000) found that pregnant women were more convinced of the dangers of smoking while pregnant the further they were into the pregnancy
• Suggests interventions need to be tailored/ more holistic

Question 14

Design weakness in supporting studies [4]:

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• Research support for this study is not completely reliable
• Some studies dont use control groups
• Others use only self-selected samples
• Other studies also use drug therapies

Question 15

Research fails to support [3]:

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• Baumann et al (2015) randomly allocated problem drinkers
• One group with specifically tailored help or control group
• They found no significant difference in progress between the staged group and the other

Question 16

Social norms [3];

Answer 16

• Stages of change fails to acknowledge social norms’ impact in changing behaviour
• Daoud et al (2015) found that social smoking in arab cultures made it harder to quit
• and are at lower stages of the model