Theory 92/Habit formation/Threshold lens
Automaticity Needs a Cue Threshold
The claim
A behaviour becomes automatic only above a threshold in cue consistency, so the same number of repetitions in varied contexts produces no habit.
01Mechanism
Automaticity requires the context to retrieve the action; inconsistent cues fail to trigger it.
02Prediction
Automaticity should track cue consistency.
03Refutation
Automaticity tracking repetitions would remove the context.