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All of the following are parts of the cognitive behaviour change technique (stages of change), except:
All of the following are parts of the cognitive behaviour change technique (stages of change), except:
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Stages: pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance.
Updated On: Jun 24, 2026
- Pre-contemplation
- Consolidation
- Action
- Contemplation
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The Correct Option is B
Solution and Explanation
This item checks whether you know the exact vocabulary of the stages of change model used in behaviour modification. The recognised sequence runs pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance, with relapse looping back in.
Take the options against that list. Pre-contemplation (not yet thinking of change), contemplation (weighing it up) and action (actively changing) are all authentic, correctly named steps in the model.
The intruder is consolidation. It sounds plausible because change does need to be consolidated, but the model labels that final settling-in phase maintenance, not consolidation. So consolidation is a distractor word that does not belong to the formal terminology.
Because the question asks for the term that is not a part of the model, the answer is consolidation.
\[\boxed{Consolidation}\]
Take the options against that list. Pre-contemplation (not yet thinking of change), contemplation (weighing it up) and action (actively changing) are all authentic, correctly named steps in the model.
The intruder is consolidation. It sounds plausible because change does need to be consolidated, but the model labels that final settling-in phase maintenance, not consolidation. So consolidation is a distractor word that does not belong to the formal terminology.
Because the question asks for the term that is not a part of the model, the answer is consolidation.
\[\boxed{Consolidation}\]
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