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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1981-5-13
pubmed:abstractText
Habit is defined as a firmly established behavior pattern marked by increasing automaticity, decreasing awareness, and partial independence from reinforcement. Reinforcement is viewed as of primary importance in the acquisition of behavior, whereas principles of associative learning enter to complement reinforcement in the maintenance of behavior. Habit is seen as a mechanism for short-circuiting the reinforcement process to avoid its overload and for providing the organism with speed and stability of response instead of the variability offered by reinforcement. The implications of this definition of habit for acquisition and alteration of health behavior are discussed; examples include smoking, obesity, alcoholism, and coronary-prone (type A) behavior.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0160-7715
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
111-24
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1979
pubmed:articleTitle
Associative learning, habit, and health behavior.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.