Volitional Control Of Behaviour

Question 1

What did Mceachan et al (2011) state when referring to an intention behaviour gap occurring in the TPB?

Answer 1

A) prediction of self-reported behaviour is imperfect

B) objective behaviour is measured less often and prediction of this is even worse

C)factors outside TPB influence subsequent behaviour

Question 2

What does the theory of implentation intentions state?

Answer 2

Specify the situation or context in which the behaviour will occur (where and when) then describe how this goal will be achieved

Goal intentions - I will do behaviour X
Implementation intentions - IF I encounter situation Y, then I will perform X

Question 3

What did Sheeran, Webb and Gollwitzer find?

Answer 3

They showed that moderate and strong goal intentions were helped by implementation intentions

Question 4

What did Prestwich et al (2010) find?

Answer 4

They showed that when participants received a text to remind them of a) their plain or b) their goal weight, they walked more than controls

This is a volitional intervention