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Why do habits become automatic? Why does your hand reach for your phone when you hear a notification? Why can coffee trigger the urge to smoke? Edwin Guthrie offered a fascinating explanation: when a particular stimulus and response occur together, they can become connected. In Video 5 of our Theories of Learning series, we explore Guthrie's Contiguity Theory and his ideas about habit formation. We cover: • Contiguity Theory • One-trial learning • Temporal proximity • Specific stimulus-response connections • Postremity • Habit formation • Forgetting through interference • Guthrie & Horton's puzzle-box research • Fatigue method • Threshold method • Incompatible stimuli method • Classroom applications • Habit-change applications • Limitations of the theory We connect Guthrie's ideas to everyday habits such as phone checking, smoking associated with coffee, studying and behaviour change. This is the next step in our evolution of learning theories: Thorndike → Consequences Pavlov → Associations Guthrie → Contiguity But then comes the question: What happens when consequences are deliberately used to strengthen or weaken behaviour? NEXT: SKINNER — OPERANT CONDITIONING #Guthrie #ContiguityTheory #HabitFormation #LearningTheories #Psychology #MScPsychology #Behaviorism #PsychologyStudents #BeautifulMind