Dr. Wenzel what is your theory of changing behavior? Sorry I have to go
watch CNN to see what my new President did to cause this comment. Anne


----- Original Message -----
From: Eberhard Wenzel <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 9:30 PM
Subject: Re: 5 steps to changing behaviour


> Dear colleagues,
>
> theories and model may be good enough to help analyze and explain
> human behavior, but they are never ever blueprints for shaping human
> behavior.
>
> It's one of the big misunderstandings floating around health promotors
> that a psychological model or theory would help them change human
> behavior. If that would be the case, why the hell do we still have people
> who smoke, drink alcohol, use heroin, rape other people, or, like
> President Bush, make stupid decisions?
>
>
> Eberhard Wenzel MA PhD
> Griffith University
> Meadowbrook, Qld. 4131
> Australia
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>
> All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
> George Orwell
>