Getting into the habit: Applying the science of habit-formation to the real-world
By Benjamin Gardner, King’s College London
What is a ‘habit’?
Why do we eat popcorn while watching movies? The answer, for most, is that eating popcorn is a habitual response to watching movies. Psychologists define ‘habitual’ behaviours as actions that happen automatically, due to learned associations between situations (the movie theatre) and our responses to them (eating popcorn).
