Habits as knowledge structures
Automaticity in goal-directed behavior
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6204092 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Henk Aarts (0000-0001-8676-1692, Radboud University Nijmegen), Ap Dijksterhui, Ap Dijksterhuis (Radboud University Nijmegen) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 53-63 |
| Publication date | 2000-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/0022-3514.78.1.53 |
| OpenAlex | W4237279138 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 228 |
| References cited | 15 |
This study tested the idea of habits as a form of goal-directed automatic behavior. Expanding on the idea that habits are mentally represented as associations between goals and actions, it was proposed that goals are capable of activating the habitual action. More specific, when habits are established (e.g., frequent cycling to the university), the very activation of the goal to act (e.g., having to attend lectures at the university) automatically evokes the habitual response (e.g., bicycle). Indeed, it was tested and confirmed that, when behavior is habitual, behavioral responses are activated automatically. In addition, the results of 3 experiments indicated that (a) the automaticity in habits is conditional on the presence of an active goal (cf. goal-dependent automaticity; J. A. Bargh, 1989), supporting the idea that habits are mentally represented as goal-action links, and (b) the formation of implementation intentions (i.e., the creation of a strong mental link between a goal and action) may simulate goal-directed automaticity in habits
Automaticity · Automatism (medicine) · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Goal Orientation · Cognitive Science and Mapping · Complex Systems and Decision Making · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 228 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 8,14 |
| Citation span | 1998 - 2026 (29) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 222 |