PSY 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Motivation, Mnemonic, Procrastination
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Motivation interviewing and change: what motivates one person to stop using alcohol/drugs, while another is not ready to make. Change that change: what factors influence people"s willingness to change, counselors play a pivotal role in the process of change, continuum -- people are always at various stages of change, change can be gradual or sudden. Involves conflict: a rupture in the knowing context. Six styles of procrastination: the perfectionist procrastination, waits and waits for the perfect time, the dreamer procrastinator, has unrealistic expectations for change, the worrier procrastinator, comes up with fearful reasons for not changing. Lecture 8 (10: the defier procrastinator, doesn"t follow good advice, rejects help, the crisis-maker procrastinator, creates drama to avoid having to act, the overdoer procrastinator, focus on only one part of problem and not the priority issue. Ackerman (1978): they installed the buttons. (read page 219) Is client centered it helps clients build commitment to change.
