Habits and Motivation
Personal & Social Development · Self-Regulation & Resilience · conceptual
Understand habit formation through the cue-routine-reward loop and how to design new habits intentionally; distinguish intrinsic motivation (doing something for its own value) from extrinsic motivation (rewards/punishments) and understand when each is more effective; understand procrastination as primarily an emotion regulation problem (avoiding discomfort) rather than a time management failure; apply self-determination theory (autonomy, competence, relatedness) to boost intrinsic motivation; design environments that reduce friction for desired behaviours
Check your understanding
If Habits and Motivation keeps meaning to do something important but finds themselves putting it off, can they explain the real reason people procrastinate — it's not laziness — and describe one practical change they could make to their environment to make starting easier?
Prerequisites
Required first