MPS 663 Creature of Habit?
Need Two discussion posts. The order needs to be divided into 2 posts. Use reading materials and cite sources
Feel free to take the quiz provided in the background materials, or self-reflect to determine whether or not you are a creature of habit. Do you feel more comfortable with routines and habits? Or do you like spontaneity and a different routine each day? How do you think your habitual tendencies influences your health choices?
Required Reading:
Gardner, B. [2015]. A review and analysis of the use of “habit” in understanding, predicting and influencing health-related behaviour. Health Psychology Review, 9[3], 277–295. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4566897/
Institute for the Psychology of Eating [2017]. Understanding Habits: The Simple Psychology – with Emily Rosen [Video file.] Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKkj0jj6LG4 [5:48]
Kaushal, N., & Rhodes, R. E. [2015]. Exercise habit formation in new gym members: A longitudinal study. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 38[4], 652-663. Retrieved from Proquest Central in the Touro Library.
QUIZ: Are you a creature of habit? Retrieved from https://www.women.com/alex/quiz-do-you-have-an-addictive-personality-type
Overpowered Mind [2019] What is the Habit Loop? The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQjB7kuOSIk [8:10]
TEDx Talks [2019]. How to break away from habit & follow through on your goals | Sabine Doebel | TEDxMileHigh [Video file]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EDl2INyJgw [9:25]
Optional:
Gardner, B., Lally, P., & Wardle, J. [2012]. Making health habitual: the psychology of ‘habit-formation’and general practice. British Journal of General Practice, 62[605], 664-666. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3505409/?__hstc=197865264.71a34e3a56a4c773f89949c75cda0bb2.1485216000056.1485216000057.1485216000058.1&__hssc=197865264.1.1485216000059&__hsfp=528229161
Random House [2015]. How to break habits [from The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1eYrhGeffc [3:38]
