Today it’s great to have Wendy Wood on the podcast. Wendy is Provost Professor of Psychology and Business at the University of Southern California. She has written for The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times, and her work has been featured in The New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, Time magazine, and USA Today, and on NPR. She lectures widely and recently launched the website Good Habits Bad Habits to convey scientific insight on habit to the general public. Her latest book is called Good Habits, Bad habits: The Science of Making Positive Changes That Stick. Full Show Notes: [0:37] Wendy Wood’s background [2:07] Understanding habits [3:05] Common misconceptions regarding habits [3:57] Integrating habits with conscious decision [6:25] Defining a bad habit [8:21] How good habits bring out the best version of a person [13:02] Habit stacking and friction [16:57] Qualities of a self-controlled person [18:58] Wendy shares about ego depletion [20:23] “White knuckling” through temptation as a counterproductive quality [24:16] Habit system working like codes [25:57] On how long does it take to change habits [30:47] Changing habits using friction [35:51] Habit vs. addiction [37:08] Uber’s surge pricing as an example of friction [38:51] How humans and animals learn and form habits [40:14] Difference between a habit and a personality trait [42:31] Gender differences in social behavior Subscribe to The Psychology Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/psychology-podcast-dr.-scott/id942777522 https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-psychology-podcast-with-scott-barry-kaufman/the-psychology-podcast-with-dr-scott-barry-kaufman?refid=stpr See past episodes and join in the Discussion: https://scottbarrykaufman.com/podcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thepsychologypodcast?ref=br_tf Twitter: https://twitter.com/psychpodcast #ThePsychologyPodcast