Behavior Change and Motivation Flashcards
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A personal trainer notices a client's workout adherence drops significantly after the initial excitement fades around week 6. This pattern best reflects which behavioral concept?
Answer: The honeymoon effect
The honeymoon effect describes the initial enthusiasm that often wanes once novelty fades, making strategies to sustain motivation critical around this period.
Which ACE-recognized communication strategy involves summarizing a client's statements to demonstrate understanding and encourage continued dialogue?
Answer: Summarizing
Summarizing condenses what the client has shared, validates their perspective, and signals that the trainer is actively listening.
A client achieves a weight-loss goal but then regains weight after stopping structured sessions. According to relapse prevention models, which skill was likely lacking?
Answer: High-risk situation coping
Relapse prevention emphasizes identifying and planning for high-risk situations that trigger return to old habits.
In operant conditioning, which schedule of reinforcement produces the most persistent behavior and greatest resistance to extinction?
Answer: Variable ratio
Variable ratio schedules deliver reinforcement after an unpredictable number of responses, producing the most persistent and extinction-resistant behavior.
A trainer asks, 'What would need to be different for you to feel more confident about exercising regularly?' This is an example of which MI technique?
Answer: Confidence ruler follow-up
A confidence ruler follow-up question explores what would need to change to move the client's confidence score higher.
Which theoretical model proposes that attitude, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control predict behavioral intention?
Answer: Theory of Planned Behavior
The Theory of Planned Behavior (Ajzen) holds that behavioral intention—and thus behavior—is shaped by attitude, social norms, and perceived control.
A client reports feeling embarrassed exercising in public. According to Social Cognitive Theory, addressing this concern would primarily involve improving which construct?
Answer: Self-efficacy
Self-efficacy—one's belief in their ability to perform a behavior in a specific context—directly affects willingness to exercise in public settings.