ABSTRACT
In behaviourist terms, a habit is described simply as a stimulus–response learning sequence. In cognitive psychology, it is seen as a set of automatic routines and subroutines in which the individual engages, and which, owing to frequent exercise, requires little conscious cognitive input. In everyday life, it is a routine or procedure which we do often, without consciously planning to do it. The learning process involved in acquiring a habit may involve classical conditioning, but will not be habituation.
