Habits Flashcards
associative cypernetic model
This model accounts for instrumental action of control and explains the degree to which a behaviour is habitual is dependent on the strength of the association between stimulus and the behaviour.
Stimulus-Response association: activated specific motor units –.> habit is determined like this
R-O system: enhances motor activity to the degree that the anticipated outcome will be positively evaluated. –> does decrease in importance in habit formation.
in existing habits the outcome is independent.
definition habit, habit strength
the strength of the S-R and the R-O system is dependent on the perceived rate of performance and reinforcement rate.
O-R accounts
–> the thought of the outcome leads a person to participate in the action.
goal circuit model
three ways in which habits interfere the goal striving through guiding the behaviour.
Habit formation : through initial repetition or inhibition and exposure to context during goal formation.
Habit performance : activation or inhibition of a habitual response.
Interference about the causes of behaviour: people make inferences based on their own frequent habitual behaviour about their goal state –> interferes the goal pursuit.
habits vs intentions
- habits are moderators of the intention behaviour relationship.
- intentions are less powerfull predictors as habit strength increases.
- intentions are strong predictors if people have weak habits.
reinforcement management
rewarding oneself for healthy behaviours in order to integrate them into ones life.
vigilant monitoring
refers to a technique to break a habitual chain. If one closely monitors the habitual behaviours it is possible to notice the antecendent triggers and select situations that are not triggering for the unhealthy habit.
automaticity
habituation
triangular relapse pattern
Habits strength - study
participants were presented with a choice to make for a transportation vehicle to get to an imaginary trip.
They were further allowed to check the whether conditions, road conditions , navigation and were asked to select the best choice for this trip.
People with a strong habit towards one specific vehicle were more likely to search for information needed for the vehicle they would habitually choose.
intervention through habit change
- discontinuation of the cue exposure can be a succesful way of changing a habit.
–> changing the environment.
training of self regualatory skills- self regulation capacity can be depleted.
People therefore need to not change all habits at once in order for the reflective system to better downregulate the habitual automatication.
habit
Is a phenomenon whereby behavior is prompted automatically by situational cues, as a result of learned
cue- behavior associations
three components
repeated frequently
results in automatication
–> independent of intentions, efficient , not controlled of outcome
fixed context
habit difference to conditioned response:
- automatic behavior is limited to a very specific bodily response.
popcorn study
