Week 6: Plans Flashcards
What is an implementation intention?
A plan that contains an if (which is specific to a time or context) and a then (a specific and achievable intention). What will you do when presented with a stimulus that will help you move towards your stated goal
What is the difference between intention and intention implementation?
More specific that what also includes when, where and how
Goal directed behaviour in response to something
What are 2 types of planning associated with success?
Action planning
Coping planning
Who reports making more plans?
People with higher trait self-control
What is action planning?
Specifying details of when, where and how to act
What is coping planning?
Identifying how one will cope with potential barriers or obstacles
How do implementation intentions target different problems?
Forgetting to act, a failure of prospective memory to translate intention to action following a delay
Giving up, conflicting desires
Missing opportunities to act, missing a deadline or alternative route to goal attainment
How does implementation intention affect medication adherence?
Participants with implementation intention missed fewer doses and were more likely to take doses on time
What are the 2 components of implementation intentions?
If-component
then-component
What are the 4 mechanisms of implementation intention?
Increased cue accessibility
Improved detection of critical cue
Strong cue-response link
Automatization of responding
What are the 2 outcomes of implementation intention?
Effective handling of problems
Improved rates of goal attainment
Why doesn’t implementation intention always work?
Implementation intentions are ineffective when participants do not have strong intentions to change the behaviour
People are often poor at identifying cause and antecedents to their own behaviour, so unable to identify suitable cues to implementation intentions
What is mental contrasting?
Imagining a positive outcome and then contrasting it with the negative obstacles
How does imagining a positive outcome undermine goal attainment?
You already get some of the positive feeling as if you had achieved the goal which might reduce motivation
What is a WOOP goal?
Wish, outcome, obstacle, plan
