ABSTRACT
In the previous section the problems of reeducation have been shown to be largely those of habit formation. Certain perverted habits must be replaced by habits which are more like those of the normal individuals in the community, and those habits which have been lost must be compensated for by newly formed habits. In general all habits are motor but for convenience it is possible to divide the habits into three classes, only one of which is called motor. The second kind is called sensory, and the third is called a delayed reaction habit. The motor habit can be briefly described as that reaction which invariably follows upon a given stimulus of one general character. The sensory habit may be denned as that reaction which follows a stimulus of a definite character when that stimulus is differentiated from other stimuli which have the same general character. The delayed reaction habit is one in which the motor activity does not immediately follow the stimulus but it is delayed. The delay may be a half a second or one second, and in certain cases it may be as long as a day or a week. These kind of habits can be exemplified best for our present purposes by the activities that we carry out in our daily lives.
