Describe the Transtheoretical Model and How It Works

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Essay

Describe the transtheoretical model and how it works.

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Definitions:

Confederate

In psychological experiments, a confederate is an individual who seems to be a participant but is actually in on the experiment, helping the researcher manipulate the situation or observe participants' behaviors.

Obedience Levels

Measures or degrees to which individuals comply with commands, rules, or directives from authority figures.

Milgram Experiment

A collection of experiments in social psychology carried out by Stanley Milgram, aimed at assessing how likely it is for individuals participating in the study to follow commands from an authority figure that go against their own moral judgment.

Group Polarization

A psychological phenomenon in which discussions within a group lead to the adoption of more extreme positions or attitudes than the initial inclinations of its members.