J oin Dr. Blair T. Jo hnson\, PWIAS International Visiting Research Scholar\, to explore how habits develop and lead to behaviour change.
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Dr. Johnson is a Distinguished Professor and Director of the Social Psychology Program in the Department of Psychologic al Sciences at the University of Connecticut. He leads the Systematic Healt h Action Research Program (SHARP) which primarily focuses on what makes ind ividuals and communities healthy or unhealthy\, using both mental and physi cal health indicators. Dr. Johnson’s visit was hosted by Drs. Eva Oberle an d Toni Schmader.
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The concept o f habit has seen a resurgence in the last decades: Automatic behavior seque nces are a routine part of life\, but all too often they are “bad habits” ( and marketers already capitalize on this weakness). Dr. Johnson will presen t summaries of research regarding the basic components and predictors of ha bits\, mainly revolving around stable contexts (cues)\, frequency of action \, reward (whether intrinsic or extrinsic to the behavior)\, and simplicity (sufficient skills to enact the behavior).
Dr. Johnson will develop the theoretical and practical implications of habits for behavior-change in terventions\, focusing on three main points: (a) Establishing a new habit m ay be hindered or helped by a person’s existing habits. (b) Similarly\, sha red habits across networks comprise a culture that may hinder or help an in tervention success for a person linked to those networks. And (c)\, ironica lly\, intervention research has largely ignored habits\, even while trying to establish new habits. Ultimately\, lifestyles are comprised of bundles o f complementary habits\, so making a lifestyle change usually entails halti ng or reducing numerous habits and replacing them with satisfactory new one s.
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