The Reasoned Action Model

The target population is African American adolescent fathers. Young African American fathers are face with many adversities. Culturally biased stereotypes, violence within the home and community, scarce economic resources and support, perceived biased by social workers, along with joblessness are some of the adversities experienced by this population (Hall, 2015, Icard, 2014,). One concern of African American adolescent fathers who are low income is the level of their involvement with their children. In addition to poverty, many of these fathers are challenge developmentally and socially. Developmentally, adolescence is a stage that is typically emotionally, social and physically challenging (Erikson ?). Socially the effects of racism disadvantage

The Transtheoretical is a theoretical model of behavior change that integrates model of key concepts from other theories. This model is widely used by professionals to effectively promote health behavior change. This model describes how an individual modifies a certain behavior – such as smoking. TTM uses the stages of change as the central concept that integrates the most powerful principles and processes of change from leading theories of counseling and behavior change. The stages of change are pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance, and termination. Studies related to change have found that individuals go through series of stages when modifying behavior. Processes of change work

This behavior change project has become a huge part of my everyday life. I lost sight of how important staying in shape affects my overall mental state along with my physical well-being. Having a life that consists of so many activities such as going to school, working, and maintaining a full and happy relationship with the people I care about is hard to balance with just making time for myself. That is why keeping this three day a week workout regime over the past five weeks has been so important; it made me realize that I can make time to focus on just working on myself, and in turn, improve all other aspects of my life. Realizing of course that there are many people in this world that have real life health problems that they seek professional help for. These changes in their lives require a system or a theory that must be applied to develop a strategic an organized way to regulate or change their behavior.

The ways I made my argument persuasive was through sound logic, statistics, and examples. For example, when talking about how if the space industry was as well funded as the military industry it could produce hundreds of thousands of jobs by using the statistics from Lockheed Martin. Moreover, when I talked about how we could remove space junk I gave examples of ways we could remove it from a scientific journal by Claude Phipps and Mike Lander. I believe that through sound logics, good statistics, and examples the majority of my audience was successfully

This article is relevant to both GLM and RNR in that it tries to explain the role of each model in the treatment and management of sex offenders. The authors started off by quoting Andrews and Bonta, 1998 while trying to inform the readers that “for the past 40 years, has been based on RNR approach…..(Megan Schaffer, Elizabeth L. Jeglic, John Jay College and Aviva Moster, p.1). The authors continue to explain that both models, the GLM and the RNR, utilize the Cognitive Behavioral therapy ( CBT) techniques for the treatment of sex offenders. While agreeing with the fact that both GLM and the RNR have a lot in common when it comes in terms to sex offenders management and treatment, the authors, in what seem an attempt to highlight the relevance

Chapter 1 of "Yes! 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive" discuss how people are being persuaded, whether they realize it or not. People tend to make their decisions based off of others actions. Especially, if they are uncertain about a course of action. For instance, having people who attended a program give their testimony to people who are unsure about joining the program. The chapter also discussed social psychology, the scientific study of how people’s thoughts, feeling, and behavior are influenced. When asking a person if he/she is affected by someone else, they, of course, are going to say no. However, studies have shown differently.

Two studies were completed to compare the relative effectiveness of attribution strategy with persuasion strategy in changing behavior. The first study was an attempt to teach fifth graders to not litter and clean up after other classmates. The attribution group was told they are neat and tidy, while the persuasion group was told they should be neat and tidy. The results found that attribution was more effective in modifying behavior compared to persuasion. The second study determined if attribution or persuasion is more effective for achievement in math and self-esteem. It also studied whether attribution of ability is as effective as attribution of motivation. This study attributed to second graders to do well in math proved more effective than persuasion or control groups.

Research shows the art of persuasion has shown to be the most effective tool to get employees to conform and meet goals for an organization.

Health behaviour theorists have long attested to the importance of social influences in health decision making. For example, the prominent Social Cognitive Theory builds in a construct of outcome expectancies, of which social outcome expectancies, or the value of the anticipated reaction of those in one’s environment, play a role. In essence, an individual is going to consider anticipated approving or disapproving responses, by his/her peers, to a particular health decision, and the perceived reaction will affect the decision that is made (Lusczynska and Schwarzer, 2007). The Theory of Planned Behaviour describes the social influence as subjective norms, which are individual’s beliefs that significant others think that they should

Medication adherence is the concept of complying with a prescribed medication without deviation. Working on an inpatient floor with chronically ill children who take multiple medications on a daily basis is very challenging. Access to resources, education on medications, motivation to comply with medication regimens, and the capability of patients and families to obtain the prescribed medications are all factors that can affect adherence. Justice and beneficence are two other factors that can play a role in medication adherence. The focus of this paper will be on medication adherence in chronic patient populations. The Theory of Planned Behavior will be used as the basis of the framework for this paper.

In general, effective persuasive speeches strive to influence the attitude and mentality of other individuals, moving them more closely towards the perspective of the respective speaker. Simultaneously, persuasive speeches may also strive to cause an explicit response in the audience, such as persuading individuals to take action against poverty and donate money. There are many factors that could be attributed to influencing the success of the speaker in doing so. These reasons may include: motivation, reason and emotion, and even credibility. During the persuasive speeches in class, the members of my group, Amanda, Meghan, Elena, and Christine, all used effective techniques, such as props, visuals, and personal disclosure in order to effectively

The model of behavior change, better known as the stages of change, features six stages: precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance and termination (Wood& Cato,2012). When working with a client counselors must help the client successfully work through all six stages in order for the client to be considered “fixed”. However, when working with a client it is not unusual for the client to be in different stages for different problems or concerns. When working through the six states of changes counselors utilize the four principles of change which are express empathy, developing discrepancy, roll with resistance and support self-efficacy (Wood& Cato,2012). In the following scenario I will be demonstrating the use of the four

In the past persuasion has had a place in sales and marketing. Attempting to use persuasive techniques in other areas of business could have been deemed as devious or manipulative. However, certain aspects of how we do business and conduct ourselves has changed over the years. Although the fundamental purpose as to why we do business is still the same how we get to the end goal is not.

When considering health psychology it is important to recognise the various models it is made up of. The basis of this essay will be to take a look at the health belief model and the theory of planned behaviour, considering their historical origins, the positives and negatives of applying these approaches and examples of when they have been used. After some analysis it may offer some insight into possible improvements that could be implemented from further research. Also included will be an overview of how the models compare to each other and critical evaluation of research from this field.

From Week 4 lecture, I have learnt about the Theory of Planned Behaviour. Initially, I thought that if a person intend to do something, they will put in their best effort to do it. However, I realized that I was wrong because ‘intention does not always accurately predict behaviour when there is a reflex or conditioned response involved.’(Long-Crowell, 2003) For example, ‘my friend with a phobia may intend to stay calm and collected when faced with their fear, but may end up having a panic attack instead.’(Long-Crowell, 2003) After this lecture, I have learnt that this theory explores the relationship between attitudes and behaviour. A person who have the intention to change is determined by attitude, subjective norms and perceived behavioural control. For example, a person who know about the negative effects are more willing to quit smoking.