{"id":4,"date":"2022-11-02T18:09:55","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T18:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wendy-wood\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2023-11-28T17:00:47","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T01:00:47","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wendy-wood\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--modal-image-gallery image-left\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--modal-image-gallery\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n\n      <div class=\"text-container\">\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          The Nature of Habit\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>In her research, Wendy Wood explores the nature of habit and why they are so difficult to change.<\/p>\n<p>Habits are a way of learning from past experience. They are mental shortcuts, indicating what to do in a given context that is likely to get a reward. Fortunately, most of our habits are effective shortcuts that meet our goals with minimal decision making. But the world is constantly changing, and habits can keep us repeating past behavior when we don\u2019t intend to do so (e.g. bad habits, action slips).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"image-container\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wendy-wood\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/183\/2023\/06\/Wendy-Wood-DP-scaled-e1694056848501-768x432.jpeg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wendy-wood\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/183\/2023\/06\/Wendy-Wood-DP-scaled-e1694056848501-1920x1080.jpeg 1920w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wendy-wood\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/183\/2023\/06\/Wendy-Wood-DP-scaled-e1694056848501-1280x720.jpeg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wendy-wood\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/183\/2023\/06\/Wendy-Wood-DP-scaled-e1694056848501-768x432.jpeg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Wendy Wood speaking at a conference\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n          <\/div>\n    \n  \n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>Dr. Wood is no longer advising students and cannot admit any new students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n  \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--contact-details \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--contact-details\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n\n          <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Contact\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n        \n        \n      <\/div>\n    \n    \n      <div class=\"contacts-container\">\n\n        \n                      <div class=\"contact-card\">\n\n                              <h3>Wendy Wood<\/h3>\n              \n                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><em>Provost Professor Emerita of Psychology and Business<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n              \n              \n                              <div class=\"f--email\">\n                  <a href=\"mailto:wendy.wood@usc.edu\">wendy.wood@usc.edu<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n              \n            <\/div>\n                    \n      <\/div>\n\n        \n     \n    \n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":825,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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