HabitWise Quiz

What best describes what a habit is?

• A behavior that we cannot control

• A behavior that we want to stop doing

• A behavior that becomes automatic from repeating it often

People often want to improve their habits in which four areas of life?

• Anger Management, Hygiene, Sleeping, and Planning

• Health, Money Management, Productivity, and Relationships

• Athletics, Homework, Organizing, and Cleaning

When is it easier to change your habits?

• When you’re older

• When you turn 21

• When you’re younger

What trains our brains to do the same thing over and over again?

• Reciting the alphabet backwards

• 20-minute study sessions

• Psychology experiments

• The habit loop

Fill in the blank: A _______________ can be anything that reminds you of doing the habit, like a feeling, time of day, place, people, or what you just did before.

• Behavior

• Habit loop

• Cue

• Satisfaction

Fill in the blank: A behavior of a habit leads to a sense of _______________.

• Frustration

• Satisfaction

• Power

• Order

What usually makes us want to change a habit?

• If we experience negative side effects

• If it takes too long

• If we’ve outgrown it

• If better methods have been discovered

Fill in the blank with the appropriate set of words: If you want to improve a habit, use the same _______________ to prompt a different _______________ that gives you a similar _______________ (without any negative side effects).

• habit loop, behavior, satisfaction

• satisfaction, behavior, habit loop

• cue, behavior, satisfaction

• behavior, cue, habit loop

When it’s tough to get a good habit started, what can help us stick to it?

• Clearing our schedule

• A small reward

• Buying a planner

• Eliminating the cues

What word is closest to meaning “repeatedly putting off something you know you need to get done”?

• Accelerating

• Habit looping

• Procrastinating

• Distracting