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| '''Habits''' are routines of [[behavior]] that are repeated regularly and tend to occur subconsciously, without directly thinking consciously about them.[1][2][3] Habitual behavior sometimes goes unnoticed in [[persons]] exhibiting them, because it is often unnecessary to engage in self-[[analysis]] when undertaking in routine tasks. Habituation is an extremely simple form of [[learning]], in which an [[organism]], after a period of exposure to a stimulus, stops responding to that stimulus in varied [[manner]]s. Habits are sometimes compulsory.[3][4] | | '''Habits''' are routines of [[behavior]] that are repeated regularly and tend to occur subconsciously, without directly thinking consciously about them.[1][2][3] Habitual behavior sometimes goes unnoticed in [[persons]] exhibiting them, because it is often unnecessary to engage in self-[[analysis]] when undertaking in routine tasks. Habituation is an extremely simple form of [[learning]], in which an [[organism]], after a period of exposure to a stimulus, stops responding to that stimulus in varied [[manner]]s. Habits are sometimes compulsory.[3][4] |
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− | <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''[[Habit]]''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Habit this link].</center> | + | <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''[[Habit]]''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Habit this link].</center> |
| ==Formation== | | ==Formation== |
| Habit formation is the [[process]] by which a behaviour becomes habitual. As behaviours are repeated in a consistent [[context]], there is an incremental increase in the link between the context and the [[action]]. This increases the [[automatic]]ity of the behaviour in that context.[5] Features of an automatic behaviour are all or some of: efficiency, lack of awareness, unintentionality, uncontrollability.[6] | | Habit formation is the [[process]] by which a behaviour becomes habitual. As behaviours are repeated in a consistent [[context]], there is an incremental increase in the link between the context and the [[action]]. This increases the [[automatic]]ity of the behaviour in that context.[5] Features of an automatic behaviour are all or some of: efficiency, lack of awareness, unintentionality, uncontrollability.[6] |
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| According to author Bill Borcherdt, the best time to correct a bad habit is immediately, before it becomes established. So, bad habits are best prevented from developing in childhood.[15] | | According to author Bill Borcherdt, the best time to correct a bad habit is immediately, before it becomes established. So, bad habits are best prevented from developing in childhood.[15] |
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− | There are many [[techniques]] for removing bad habits once they have become established. One example is withdrawal of reinforcers - identifying and removing the factors which trigger the habit and encourage its [[persistence]].[16] The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basal_ganglia basal ganglia] appears to remember the [[context]] that triggers a habit, meaning they can be revived if triggers reappear. [17] | + | There are many [[techniques]] for removing bad habits once they have become established. One example is withdrawal of reinforcers - identifying and removing the factors which trigger the habit and encourage its [[persistence]].[16] The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basal_ganglia basal ganglia] appears to remember the [[context]] that triggers a habit, meaning they can be revived if triggers reappear. [17] |
| ==Quote== | | ==Quote== |
| All modern [[society|social]] institutions arise from the [[evolution]] of the primitive [[custom]]s of your savage ancestors; the [[convention]]s of today are the modified and expanded customs of yesterday. What '''habit''' is to the [[individual]], custom is to the [[group]]; and group customs develop into folkways or [[tribal]] [[traditions]]--mass conventions. From these early beginnings all of the institutions of present-day human society take their [[humble]] [[origin]]. ([[68:4|68:4.1]]) | | All modern [[society|social]] institutions arise from the [[evolution]] of the primitive [[custom]]s of your savage ancestors; the [[convention]]s of today are the modified and expanded customs of yesterday. What '''habit''' is to the [[individual]], custom is to the [[group]]; and group customs develop into folkways or [[tribal]] [[traditions]]--mass conventions. From these early beginnings all of the institutions of present-day human society take their [[humble]] [[origin]]. ([[68:4|68:4.1]]) |
| <center>*</center> | | <center>*</center> |
− | [[Step]] forth with renewed [[vigor]] in executing your life plan. Walk not in a ''habitual'' state of [[action]]. Throw off the chains of programmed [[interaction]], and open yourselves to seeing your siblings as [[children of God]]. For while they are not [[perfect]], they carry within them the most perfect presence: a [[Ta|fragment of God]]. [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=2000-09-09-You_Are_Not_Ineffective#Lesson Will] | + | [[Step]] forth with renewed [[vigor]] in executing your life plan. Walk not in a ''habitual'' state of [[action]]. Throw off the chains of programmed [[interaction]], and open yourselves to seeing your siblings as [[children of God]]. For while they are not [[perfect]], they carry within them the most perfect presence: a [[Ta|fragment of God]]. [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=2000-09-09-You_Are_Not_Ineffective#Lesson Will] |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
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| # Bill Borcherdt (1996). Making Families Work and What to Do When They Don't. Haworth Press. pp. 172. ISBN 0789000733. | | # Bill Borcherdt (1996). Making Families Work and What to Do When They Don't. Haworth Press. pp. 172. ISBN 0789000733. |
| # Herbert Fensterheim, Jean Baer (1975). Don't Say Yes When You Want to Say No. Dell. ISBN 0440154138. | | # Herbert Fensterheim, Jean Baer (1975). Don't Say Yes When You Want to Say No. Dell. ISBN 0440154138. |
− | # http://news.cnet.com/MIT-explains-why-bad-habits-are-hard-to-break/2100-11395_3-5902850.html | + | # https://news.cnet.com/MIT-explains-why-bad-habits-are-hard-to-break/2100-11395_3-5902850.html |
| ==External links== | | ==External links== |
− | James Rowland Angell and Addison W. Moore. "[http://www.brocku.ca/MeadProject/Angell/Angell_Moore_1896.html Studies from the Psychological Laboratory of the University of Chicago: 1. Reaction-Time: A Study in Attention and Habit]." Psychological Review 3, (1896): 245-258.) | + | James Rowland Angell and Addison W. Moore. "[https://www.brocku.ca/MeadProject/Angell/Angell_Moore_1896.html Studies from the Psychological Laboratory of the University of Chicago: 1. Reaction-Time: A Study in Attention and Habit]." Psychological Review 3, (1896): 245-258.) |
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| [[Category: Psychology]] | | [[Category: Psychology]] |