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CFT 150 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
Questions with Correct Answers for
Specific Exam Mail
What are the key features of the stages of change
model?
Ans: ●Deals with intentional behavior change
● Views change as a process rather than an event.
● The change process is characterized by a series of
stages of change
● In attempting to change a behavior a person typically
cycles through these stages of change
What are the stages of change?
Ans: ● Precontemplation
● Contemplation
● Preparation
● Action
● Maintenance
● Relapse
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Examples of each stage of change
Ans: ● Precontemplation- Not considering quitting in the
next 6 months
● Contemplation- Seriously considering quitting in the next
6 months
●Preparation- Planning to quit in the next 30 days
● Action- The first 6 months of staying quit
●Maintenance- Quit for more than 6 months
● Relapse- Transition to an earlier stage
How is this model useful? (The Transtheoretical
Model/stages of change)
Ans: ● Provides a framework for understanding the
process of how people change.
● Recognizes that people in different stages of change
need different types of interventions to help them
progress.
What helps people move forward through the stages of
change?
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Ans: 1. Processes of Change
2. Decisional balance
3. Self-Efficacy
What are the 2 main types of change processes?
Ans: 1. Cognitive change processes- Involve changes in
the way people think and feel about their smoking.
2. Behavioral change processes- Involves people making
changes to their smoking behavior.
What are the 5 Cognitive processes?
Ans: 1. Consciousness raising- increasing awareness
2. Dramatic relief- Emotional arousal
3. Environmental reevaluation- Social reappraisal
4. Social liberation- Environmental opportunities
5. Self-Reevaluation- Self- Reappraisal
What are the 5 Behavioral processes?
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Ans: 1. Stimulus control- Reengineering
2. Helping relationship- Supporting
3. Counter conditioning- Substituting
4. Reinforcement management- Rewarding
5. Self- liberation- Committing
What is Decisional balance?
Ans: ● Decisional balance is the importance a person
gives to the perceived advantages (pros) and
disadvantages (cons) of stopping the behavior.
● An individual's motivation to change is affected by
his/her decisional balance
● Decisional balance changes across the stages of
change
● Use of cognitive change processes can help tip the
decisional balance in favor of quitting
What is Self-efficacy?
Pretest - Stuvia US
CFT 150 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
Questions with Correct Answers for
Specific Exam Mail
What are the key features of the stages of change
model?
Ans: ●Deals with intentional behavior change
● Views change as a process rather than an event.
● The change process is characterized by a series of
stages of change
● In attempting to change a behavior a person typically
cycles through these stages of change
What are the stages of change?
Ans: ● Precontemplation
● Contemplation
● Preparation
● Action
● Maintenance
● Relapse
Pretest - Stuvia US
,2
Examples of each stage of change
Ans: ● Precontemplation- Not considering quitting in the
next 6 months
● Contemplation- Seriously considering quitting in the next
6 months
●Preparation- Planning to quit in the next 30 days
● Action- The first 6 months of staying quit
●Maintenance- Quit for more than 6 months
● Relapse- Transition to an earlier stage
How is this model useful? (The Transtheoretical
Model/stages of change)
Ans: ● Provides a framework for understanding the
process of how people change.
● Recognizes that people in different stages of change
need different types of interventions to help them
progress.
What helps people move forward through the stages of
change?
Pretest - Stuvia US
,3
Ans: 1. Processes of Change
2. Decisional balance
3. Self-Efficacy
What are the 2 main types of change processes?
Ans: 1. Cognitive change processes- Involve changes in
the way people think and feel about their smoking.
2. Behavioral change processes- Involves people making
changes to their smoking behavior.
What are the 5 Cognitive processes?
Ans: 1. Consciousness raising- increasing awareness
2. Dramatic relief- Emotional arousal
3. Environmental reevaluation- Social reappraisal
4. Social liberation- Environmental opportunities
5. Self-Reevaluation- Self- Reappraisal
What are the 5 Behavioral processes?
Pretest - Stuvia US
, 4
Ans: 1. Stimulus control- Reengineering
2. Helping relationship- Supporting
3. Counter conditioning- Substituting
4. Reinforcement management- Rewarding
5. Self- liberation- Committing
What is Decisional balance?
Ans: ● Decisional balance is the importance a person
gives to the perceived advantages (pros) and
disadvantages (cons) of stopping the behavior.
● An individual's motivation to change is affected by
his/her decisional balance
● Decisional balance changes across the stages of
change
● Use of cognitive change processes can help tip the
decisional balance in favor of quitting
What is Self-efficacy?
Pretest - Stuvia US
