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Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2025 3:51 am
Labeling to Drive Behavior Change
In this bestselling book, Atomic Habits, author James Clear describes how we can use labels to create positive linkages to desired, long-lasting behaviors. For example, suppose you were trying to lose weight by incorporating healthy eating and regular exercise into your lifestyle. Rather than thinking of yourself as an ordinary person who practices healthy habits, labeling yourself as a “fit” person is more likely to bring about the desired identity and behavior change.
A runner (noun) is more likely to participate in gambling data qatar a marathon than someone who runs (verb).
An author (noun) is more likely to pen a series of novels than someone who writes (verb).
In one study examining voter turnout, participants were asked a simple question with two different and randomized phrasings:
How important is it to you to be a voter in the upcoming election? (noun-phrasing)
How important is it to you to vote in the upcoming election? (verb-phrasing)
In both elections, labeling the individual as a voter (noun) versus simply as someone who votes (verb) was shown to result in increased voting behavior (17% and 14% increases respectively)
In this bestselling book, Atomic Habits, author James Clear describes how we can use labels to create positive linkages to desired, long-lasting behaviors. For example, suppose you were trying to lose weight by incorporating healthy eating and regular exercise into your lifestyle. Rather than thinking of yourself as an ordinary person who practices healthy habits, labeling yourself as a “fit” person is more likely to bring about the desired identity and behavior change.
A runner (noun) is more likely to participate in gambling data qatar a marathon than someone who runs (verb).
An author (noun) is more likely to pen a series of novels than someone who writes (verb).
In one study examining voter turnout, participants were asked a simple question with two different and randomized phrasings:
How important is it to you to be a voter in the upcoming election? (noun-phrasing)
How important is it to you to vote in the upcoming election? (verb-phrasing)
In both elections, labeling the individual as a voter (noun) versus simply as someone who votes (verb) was shown to result in increased voting behavior (17% and 14% increases respectively)