AT&T
11:57 AM
Log in
Habit Ring
Sign up
User Name
Password
Habit Formation App Yao Wang
OR Use account form third party
RESEARCH
96 people
12 weeks
1 new habit
Phillippa Lally and her research team conducted research to figure out how long it actually takes to form a habit. The study examined the habits of 96 people over a 12-week period. Each person chose one new habit for the 12 weeks and reported each day on whether or not they did the behavior and how automatic the behavior felt.
The result is that, on average, it takes more than two months before a new behavior becomes automatic – 66 days to be exact. The process of habit formation takes a long time.
66 days to from a new habit
Routine
Cue
Charles Duhigg, the author of the book, The Power of Habit points to something called The Habit Loop. The loop contains three parts: the Cue that prompts the behavior, the Routine of the behavior itself and finally the Reward that satisfies the craving.
Reward The Habit Loop
CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
To change existing habit, the key is to break the old loop and find a new routine to achieve the same reward for the same cue. To form a new habit, the key is to strengthen the effective loop and speed it up.
The goal of this project is to explore the possibility of creating a mobile application to build an organized system, guiding and helping users to form or change a habit. It aims to use the methodology of habit loop and create an adaptive format that meets the need of different kinds of habits.
MAPPING INFORMATION FLOW
TESTING
SKETCHING
SKETCH AND WIREFRAME
VISUAL COMPS
IND 622: Spring 2015 Advanced Industrial Studio IV
Student: Yao Wang Instructors: McDermott, McDonald