It’s been going on for years! On Dec 10, 2015, at 9:04 AM, Michael Britt <[email protected]> wrote:
> I don’t know if you’re following the current interest in “habits” but there > is a great interest (has been for perhaps 2 years) around habits - especially > after the books “Habit”, “Nudge”, and “Hooked" came out. > > I’ve read Hooked and I’m working on Habit and it seems to me like this is > just warmed over ideas from behavior modification. The key idea in these > books is that our daily behavior (i.e., habits) have been created (shaped) by > external cues, which lead to routines, which result in rewards. Here and > there these authors throw in a little neuroscience and a sprinkling of ideas > from cognitive psych, but the core ideas are just things we’e known for years > from the work of behaviorists. > > If you’re not familiar with Habits, here’s the author of the book on Youtube: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1eYrhGeffc > > Anyone else think that this is really just behavior mod “re-packaged”? > > > Michael > > Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. > http://www.ThePsychFiles.com > https://www.facebook.com/groups/thepsychfiles/ > Twitter: mbritt Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=47525 or send a blank email to leave-47525-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
