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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] |
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| 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]]) |
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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]] |