Talk:Motivation and emotion/Book/2020/Habits versus addictions

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Hello! I stumbled upon this journal article that could be useful to you! It also contains many references that could be utilised if you need them: https://www-sciencedirect-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/science/article/pii/S0747563219301931 --U3160224 (discuss • contribs) 05:49, 24 August 2020 (UTC)

Tidying up
Hi! This looks like a great start to a very interesting topic. Just a few things I noticed which will hopefully help you get a higher grade. I noticed in you 'See Also' and 'References' you still had the template instructions, as well as your own work. Perhaps you should delete these just to make it easier to see what you've done already. I've also found a video that discussion addiction as a neurological disease/neuroscience. Hope this helps! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwZcPwlRRcc U3189449 (discuss • contribs) 09:15, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

Recommendation for topic discussion
Hi!

Under the "Similarities and differences between a habit and an addiction" section, I think it would be beneficial if you clarify that addiction has a negetive connotation. This is because, any habit can be termed an addiction. Therefore, mentioning that an addictive behaviour is any that is done impulsively and is bad for the wellbeing of the individual, is a vital distinction. There is a sentence mentioning that in brief. But I think it should be explained properly, as that is the main question of the topic. You should properly distinguish between what is classified as a habit and what is an addiction. An important distinction is that addictive behaviours are hard to stop. Habits can be ceased by the individual. It becomes an addiction when an individual cannot help themselves but to execute that behaviour, whether they enjoy it or not.

Here are some resources to help you: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3860451/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3210595/ https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/HealthyLiving/Addiction https://www.addictionsandrecovery.org/what-is-addiction.htm

An idea for your quiz: You could list a couple behaviours and ask viewers to pick the addiction from the options. Eg:

Which of the following is classified an addiction: 1. watching sci-fi documentaries 2. baking cookies every evening 3. refusing to eat more than a certain amount of calories

Hope I was of help. Good luck. Fiddausi Husseini (discuss • contribs) 09:42, 30 August 2020 (UTC)Fiddausi Husseini

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