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Chapter-12 Habits, Skills and Interest

BOOK TITLE: Psychology for Nurses

Author
1. Basavanthappa BT
ISBN
9789350250075
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/11437_12
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2010
Pages
21
Author Affiliations
1. Government College of Nursing, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Rajarajeshwari College of Nursing, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India; Government College of Nursing, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India; Faculty of Nursing, RGUHS, Karnataka, India, Academic Council, RGUHS, Karnataka, India; IGNOU, BSc Nursing Course, Karnataka and Goa, India; Nursing Research Society of India, New Delhi, India; Trained Nurses , ssociation of India, New Delhi, India; RGUHS Nursing Teachers Association, Karnataka, India
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Abstract

Habit can be described as an automatic behavior as all work activated by habit takes place without thinking or volition. Some of our activities like dressing, sitting or eating take place casually everyday due to habits. Habits may either take place casually every day due to habits. Habits may either be good or bad. Some habits like early rising, regular study, less eating, etc., are classified as good habits while drinking, lying and abusing are categorized as bad habits. Every one is desirous of forming good habits, though it is difficult to know how to go about doing it. It has been found that number of activities performed by other persons that seem to be quite easy and mechanical though initially they were quite difficult and tiresome. Our walking, talking, dressing, eating, writing, smoking, typing, driving, swimming are all such acts. All these learned activities are commonly known by the term ‘habit’.

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