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Are There Purposeless Behaviors?

Are habits goal-free behaviors, or does every habit actually serve a purpose?

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By Neuroskeptic
Jun 27, 2020 11:00 PMJul 1, 2020 10:02 PM
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Everyone has habits. But what exactly are they?

According to many psychologists, habits are behaviors that are purely stimulus-driven. What this means is that habitual behaviors do not serve a goal or purpose — instead, they simply activate in response to a particular situation. These behaviors may have served a purpose in the past, but after being “overlearned” (repeated many times), they no longer do so.

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