PSYB45H3 Chapter : Textbook#21.docx
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Type of treatment procedures that is implemented by a person with a habit behavior. Habit reversal procedures, are used to decrease the frequency of undesirable habit behaviors. Undesirable behavior tend to be an annoyance to the person to significant others in the person"s life. When the habit behavior occurs frequently or with high intensity, person may seek treatment for the problem habit disorder. Joel biting his fingernails, without thinking, put his finger in his mouth and chewed on the edges of the nail. Joel was not particularly bothered by his nail-biting behavior, but his girlfriend often told him how awful his chewed-up fingernails looked. Barbara was often nervous and stuttered some of her words. Three preceding examples illustrate three types of habit behaviors nervous habits, motor tics and stuttering. E. g. nail biting is a common type of nervous habit. E. g. twirling, or stroking hair, tapping a pencil etc.