{"id":794,"date":"2017-06-21T09:05:55","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T09:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/typedessays.com\/the-power-of-habit\/"},"modified":"2017-06-21T09:05:55","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T09:05:55","slug":"the-power-of-habit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/the-power-of-habit\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of Habit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">For this assignment, you will explain how a habit you have (or have had) follows the habit loop as explained by Charles Duhigg in Chapters 1-3 of his book <em>The Power of Habit<\/em> and come up with a plan to change this habit (or explain how you already changed it) based on Duhigg\u2019s theories of habit change.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In order to explain your habit and connect it to Duhigg\u2019s discussion of habits, you will have to explain a few concepts to your readers.\u00a0 These concepts include\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">The habit loop and how your habit follows this loop<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">The role of craving in habit creation in general and in your habit specifically<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Golden Rule of habit change and how you might change your habit according to this rule<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">The role of belief in habit change and how you might incorporate this concept into your plan to change your habit.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p3\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">You should write your essay for people who are NOT in this class and are NOT familiar with Duhigg\u2019s book. This means you\u2019ll need to spend some time summarizing key ideas, defining any terms that might be unfamiliar, and choosing short quotations from the text to help your reader get a sense of what the author is talking about.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">But this essay is not just about explaining concepts; it requires you to apply Duhigg\u2019s theories to your own personal habit.\u00a0 This means you must analyze your habit and make a plan for change (or analyze a past habit and discuss the changes you already made) by applying the information you learned about habits from Duhigg.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A few things to remember:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Be sure to think about the various aspects of habit formation described by Duhigg, including the habit loop, craving, the Golden Rule of habit change, and the role of belief in habit change.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">I\u2019d like you to include details, examples, and quotations from the readings to help you develop your analysis\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Talk about complexities\u2014for example, feel free to disagree with Duhigg\u2019s claims about habits, but be sure to fully explain your argument.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">To provide a complete discussion of this topic, aim for at least 3-4 pages.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p3\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s3\"><strong>Turn-in Procedures<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Your final draft is due <strong>to TurnItIn on Blackboard by __________________________________________________. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">You must complete a Writing Center conference by <strong>______________________________________ <\/strong>to get credit for a formal conference. (You must complete at least 2 formal conferences by the end of Essay 3.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Bring the following documents in your assignment folder to class to turn in on ________________________________:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Writing Center signature form and the draft you reviewed in the Writing Center\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">All peer review materials and rough drafts<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For this assignment, you will explain how a habit you have (or have had) follows the habit loop as explained by Charles Duhigg in Chapters 1-3 of his book The Power of Habit and come up with a plan to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/the-power-of-habit\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}