Behavioral and Social/Cognitive Approaches to Forming Habits

Behavioral and Social/Cognitive Approaches to Forming Habits

Introduction

The habit of an individual is always appearing to be in a postulant or defensive mode (Freud defense mechanism). To deal with this habit, one will talk about many childhood experiences and observations during a critical formative time in young life. Causes for behaviors that are similar to actions of one's father and family are related to the forming of behaviors that might need some changes because one thinks that such changes might give many constructive effects in the individual's life. The individual was grown up in a family life were one was observant of domestic abuse at a very young age and was a victim on many events a victim of physical abuse as a pre-teen. One believes many environmental experiences and exposures are related to some habits that need changes to be more creative and happier in one's personal life.

Habit

The habit in question is how easily the individual can become physically aggressive. The individual from an early age saw many exposures to alcoholism, drug, and physical abuse in the forms of uncle's abusing grandmother and father abusing one's mother. The individual on many occasions saw these actions and at the age of 12 became a victim. Several years went by, and the victim began to fight back at age 14, and this was a pattern that went on until the mothers attempted suicide, which did result in death some 21 days later. That day began what was to become the finale 17 months later when the individual's father was a fatality in a fuel tanker accident, the physical abuse was over. In place of the abuse came a sense of loss because even though there was abuses, this was father's little girl. This event saw the birth of a new form of hurt, belief that the individual was going to always endure losing something or someone. In other words, the individual is always waiting for someone or something to disappear, so the individual is always in a defensive mode. The father and family one believes are the imminent cause of the development of physical aggression because one was a victim of the abuse and losses from the age of two until 17. One believes that the Pavlov's theory of classical conditioning does apply as well as Skinner, Freud, and Jung's reinforcement theory (Friedman & Schustack, 2012, p.93). One believes that one can possible find something in everyone's theories that may apply to how one develops individual's personality.

Continuance of Habit & Possible Change

One believes that certain exposures during the informative years do have a tendency to linger throughout one's life. The sense of loss and exposure to abuse appears to leave one always in preparation for the next event or loss. One trusts this defense mechanism is a form of self-preservation from impending destruction or emotional fracas. The individual reasons by exhibiting the defensive action, one can safeguard one's family from catastrophic ...