According to the Transtheoretical Model, long-term change in the person-issue-situation generally tends to proceed through five stages.Which of the following is the first step in this process? 1.Precontemplation
2)Contemplation
3)Preparation
4)Action
"5)Maintenance
Prochaska and Norcross (2007) suggest that people who make significant changes in their behavior proceed through all stages of the TTM.Although the process may sometimes be spiral rather than linear in nature, they conclude that people who make durable change eventually address each stage."

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The first step in the Transtheoretical Model is Precontemplation, where the person is not yet considering or aware of the need for change. The other options (B, C, D) are not stages in the TTM.

According to the Transtheoretical Model, Long-Term Change in the Person-Issue-Situation