habit

(noun)

An action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness.

Related Terms

  • assimilation

Examples of habit in the following topics:

  • Child Socialization

    • Socialization is a term used by sociologists, social psychologists, anthropologists, political scientists, and educationalists to refer to the lifelong process of inheriting and disseminating norms, customs, and ideologies, providing an individual with the skills and habits necessary for participating within his or her own society.
  • Social Context and Sexual Behavior

    • Socialization is the lifelong process of inheriting and disseminating norms, customs, and ideologies and providing an individual with the skills and habits necessary for participating within one's own society.
  • School

    • Education is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people is transmitted from one generation to the next.
  • Authority

    • The second type of authority is traditional authority, which derives from long-established customs, habits, and social structures.
  • Mechanisms of Cultural Change

    • Resistance can come from habit, religion, and the integration and interdependence of cultural traits.
  • Identity Formation

    • Components of self-concept include physical, psychological, and social attributes, which can be influenced by the individual's attitudes, habits, beliefs, and ideas.
  • Gatekeeping

    • Gatekeeping was formally identified in Kurt Lewin's publication, Forces Behind Food Habits and Methods of Change (1943).
  • Informal Means of Control

    • Socialization is a term used by sociologists to refer to the lifelong process of inheriting and disseminating norms, customs, and ideologies, which provide an individual with the skills and habits necessary for participating within his or her own society.
  • Introduction

    • ., lack of exercise, poor eating habits, etc.).
  • Standardized Tests

    • Critics allege that test makers and facilitators tend to represent a middle class, white background and standardized testing matches the values, habits, and language of the test makers.
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