Action is some activity or deed performed by an individual, to accomplish an objective, based on the motives/motivations and feelings he or she experiences.
When one say behavior, it means the over all action of the system in coordination with its environment and surroundings. Your environment influences your behavior. Behavior takes into account your thoughts and attitude along with your motives and feelings.
"Behavior is the range of actions and mannerisms made by organisms, systems, or artificial entities in conjunction with their environment, which includes the other systems or organisms around as well as the physical environment. It is the response of the system or organism to various stimuli or inputs, whether internal or external, conscious or subconscious, overt or covert, and voluntary or involuntary." (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavior )
According to Campbells literature, behavior is a kind of 'reflex', a response to what happens. So behavior requires a stimulus.
Habit, in psychology, any regularly repeated behaviour that requires little or no thought and is learned rather than innate. A habit — which can be part of any activity, ranging from eating and sleeping to thinking and reacting—is developed through reinforcement and repetition.
Five methods are commonly used to alter our habits:
- the replacement of the old response with a new response—e.g., eating fruit instead of candy to satisfy a craving for sweetness;
- the repetition of the behaviour until fatigue or another unpleasant response takes over—e.g., being forced to smoke cigarettes until nauseated so that a repulsion for cigarettes replaces the desire to smoke;
- the change of environment to separate the individual from the stimulus that is prompting the response;
- the gradual introduction of the stimulus that is provoking the behaviour—e.g., overcoming a child’s fear of adult dogs by giving him a puppy; and
- punishment, which is probably the least effective method.
Old habits are hard to break and new habits are hard to form. That's because the behavioral patterns we repeat most often are literally etched into our neural pathways. The good news is that, through repetition, it's possible to form new habits (and maintain them as well).
A person is described by the habits and behaviors he possesses. These habits and behaviors can tell the character and ultimately the personality of an individual.
Five methods are commonly used to alter our habits:
- the replacement of the old response with a new response—e.g., eating fruit instead of candy to satisfy a craving for sweetness;
- the repetition of the behaviour until fatigue or another unpleasant response takes over—e.g., being forced to smoke cigarettes until nauseated so that a repulsion for cigarettes replaces the desire to smoke;
- the change of environment to separate the individual from the stimulus that is prompting the response;
- the gradual introduction of the stimulus that is provoking the behaviour—e.g., overcoming a child’s fear of adult dogs by giving him a puppy; and
- punishment, which is probably the least effective method.
Old habits are hard to break and new habits are hard to form. That's because the behavioral patterns we repeat most often are literally etched into our neural pathways. The good news is that, through repetition, it's possible to form new habits (and maintain them as well).
A person is described by the habits and behaviors he possesses. These habits and behaviors can tell the character and ultimately the personality of an individual.
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