Habit (psychology)
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Habits are routines of behavior that are repeated regularly, 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 manners. Habits are sometimes compulsory.[3][4][unreliable source?]
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[edit] Habits and Goals
The habit–goal interface is constrained by the particular manner in which habits are learned and represented in memory. Specifically, the associative learning underlying habits is characterized by the slow, incremental accrual of information over time in procedural memory[5] Habits can either benefit or hurt the goals a person set for themselves.
[edit] Habits in the Service of Goals
Goals guide habits most fundamentally by providing the initial outcome-oriented impetus for response repetition. In this sense, habits often are a vestige of past goal pursuit.[5]
[edit] See also
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Habit modification approaches |
Physiological habits
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- Behaviors with habitual elements
- Childhood obesity
- Nail-biting
- Neurodermatitis
- Nose-picking
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Procrastination
- Thumb sucking
- Bulimia
- Factors Influencing Choice
- Preference
- Values
- Habit
- Tradition
- Social pressure
- Emotional Comfort
- Economy
- Image
- Medical Conditions
[edit] References
- ^ Butler, Gillian; Hope, Tony. Managing Your Mind: The mental fitness guide. Oxford Paperbacks, 1995
- ^ Merriam Webster Dictionary. Definition of Habit. Retrieved on August 29, 2008.
- ^ a b Merriam Webster dictionary. Definition of Habituation. Retrieved on August 29, 2008
- ^ "Habituation." Animalbehavioronline.com. Retrieved on August 29, 2008.
- ^ a b American Psychological Association. A New Look at Habits and the Habit–Goal Interface Retrieved on December 22, 2008
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- James Rowland Angell and Addison W. Moore. "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.)
