What Influences My Behaviour? The Matching Law Explanation That Will Change How You Understand Your Actions

By Beth

Last updated on June 30th, 2020 at 05:09 pm

Choices. We make thousands of them every single day. Little decisions that shape up how we behave and how our habits form in the long term. And I’m not just talking about the deliberate choices that you make (should I buy a coffee with or without a muffin?). We actually make a heck of a lot of decisions without devoting conscious attention to them and can make better choices as a result (Mamede et al., 2010). Thank goodness for this!  Imagine how unproductive we would all be if we had to consider every minute decision that we made each day. But if we are not always aware of how we choose between two different responses, then how do we actually make that decision?  Read on to find out!

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Why Are We So Addicted To Facebook? A Behavioural Psychology Perspective

By Beth

Last updated on August 22nd, 2017 at 04:52 pm

Social media is addictive, there is no doubt about that. In 2016 it was reported that the average person spends 1 hour and 49 minutes per DAY browsing social network sites. The usual suspects are the likes of Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest, but it is clear that Facebook is the network that we just can’t get enough of.

Globally, Facebook is the most popular network site. It has a higher rate of active users than any other site, with 55% of Facebook users logging on more than once a day! And if you were to ask me how often I’m guilty of checking my Facebook account, it is defiantly more than I’d like to think about. But hey, its how I like to fill my time when I have a bored few minutes to myself and how I like to nosy at what the people I met in high school are up to nowadays keep in contact with friends. It almost seems like everyone claims to have a ‘casual addiction’ to the site.

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Quick Tips For Changing Your Bad Habits

By Beth

We can all relate to the fact that changing our most ingrained, routine and  “bad” habits is a tricky business. If we could all behave in the ways that we know we should, then people wouldn’t be seeking help for their problems, addictions would not exist, self-help books wouldn’t be necessary and I certainly wouldn’t be writing this blog post.

But, as I’m sure you’re all very much aware of, the world is not perfect. We become so wrapped up in our lives that we might not even notice the bad habits forming until they become part of your daily routine. Or maybe you did notice and just didn’t have the motivation needed at that time to make a change.

Altering a habit into a more constructive, healthy one is not always an easy path. But it isn’t an impossible one either. By using concepts established from behavioural science, you CAN learn how to understand and therefore change, your less than desirable habits.

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