For Each of the Following Scenarios,describe a Stage of Change

question 52

Essay

For each of the following scenarios,describe a stage of change that is represented and provide two appropriate strategies to help the person move forward in the cycle of change.
1)José wants to get back into shape,but he can't figure out how to fit activity into his day and doesn't know what to do next about his desire to change.
2)Jalyse has tried unsuccessfully to quit smoking in the past and now assumes that she won't ever be able to quit.
3)Will has decided to improve his diet,beginning in two weeks;he has already started to change by eating cereal for breakfast at home one day per week rather than picking up his usual fast-food breakfast on the way to his first class.

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Definitions:

Social Welfare State

A government system that provides a range of social services, such as healthcare and education, aimed at ensuring the well-being of its citizens.

Lifeworld

A concept in sociology and philosophy referring to the individual worlds of experience in which people live, communicate, and act.

Jurgen Habermas

A German sociologist and philosopher known for his theory on the public sphere and communicative action, emphasizing the importance of rational discourse in democratic societies.

Social System

An organized and complex set of relationships among individuals and groups, which functions based on some consensus or shared norms.