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The difficult thing about (___1___) the science of habits is that most people, when they hear about this field of research, (___2___) to know the secret formula for quickly changing any habit. If scientists have discovered how (___3___) patterns work, then it stands to reason that they (___4___) have also found a recipe for rapid change, right? If only it (___5___) that easy. It's not (___6___) formulas don't exist. The problem is that there isn't one formula for (___7___) habits. There are thousands. Individuals and habits are (___8___) different, and so the specifics of from diagnosing and changing the patterns in our lives differ person to (___9___) and behaviour to behaviour. Giving up cigarettes is different (___10___) curbing overeating, which is different from changing how you communicate with your spouse, (___11___) is different from how you prioritize tasks at work. What’s more, each person’s habits are (___12___) by different cravings. As a result, this book does not (___13___) one prescription. Rather, I hoped to deliver something else: a framework for understanding (___14___) habits work and a guide to experimenting with how they (___15___) change. Some habits yield easily to analysis and influence. Others are (___16___) Complex and obstinate, and require prolonged study. And for others, change is a (___17___) that never fully concludes. But that does not (___18___) it can't occur. Each chapter in this book explains a different aspect of why habits exist and how they function. The framework (___19___) in this section is an attempt to distil, in (___20___) very basic way, the tactics that researchers have found for diagnosing and shaping habits within our own lives.

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The difficult thing about (___1___) the science of habits is that most people, when they hear about this field of research, (___2___) to know the secret formula for quickly changing any habit. If scientists have discovered how (___3___) patterns work, then it stands to reason that they (___4___) have also found a recipe for rapid change, right? If only it (___5___) that easy. It's not (___6___) formulas don't exist. The problem is that there isn't one formula for (___7___) habits. There are thousands. Individuals and habits are (___8___) different, and so the specifics of from diagnosing and changing the patterns in our lives differ person to (___9___) and behaviour to behaviour. Giving up cigarettes is different (___10___) curbing overeating, which is different from changing how you communicate with your spouse, (___11___) is different from how you prioritize tasks at work. What’s more, each person’s habits are (___12___) by different cravings. As a result, this book does not (___13___) one prescription. Rather, I hoped to deliver something else: a framework for understanding (___14___) habits work and a guide to experimenting with how they (___15___) change. Some habits yield easily to analysis and influence. Others are (___16___) Complex and obstinate, and require prolonged study. And for others, change is a (___17___) that never fully concludes. But that does not (___18___) it can't occur. Each chapter in this book explains a different aspect of why habits exist and how they function. The framework (___19___) in this section is an attempt to distil, in (___20___) very basic way, the tactics that researchers have found for diagnosing and shaping habits within our own lives.

Direction: Each of the following sentences in this section has a blank space with four words or a group of words given. Select whichever word or group of words you consider the most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
The difficult thing about (___1___) the science of habits is that most people, when they hear about this field of research, (___2___) to know the secret formula for quickly changing any habit. If scientists have discovered how (___3___) patterns work, then it stands to reason that they (___4___) have also found a recipe for rapid change, right? If only it (___5___) that easy. It's not (___6___) formulas don't exist. The problem is that there isn't one formula for (___7___) habits. There are thousands. Individuals and habits are (___8___) different, and so the specifics of from diagnosing and changing the patterns in our lives differ person to (___9___) and behaviour to behaviour. Giving up cigarettes is different (___10___) curbing overeating, which is different from changing how you communicate with your spouse, (___11___) is different from how you prioritize tasks at work. What’s more, each person’s habits are (___12___) by different cravings. As a result, this book does not (___13___) one prescription. Rather, I hoped to deliver something else: a framework for understanding (___14___) habits work and a guide to experimenting with how they (___15___) change. Some habits yield easily to analysis and influence. Others are (___16___) Complex and obstinate, and require prolonged study. And for others, change is a (___17___) that never fully concludes. But that does not (___18___) it can't occur. Each chapter in this book explains a different aspect of why habits exist and how they function. The framework (___19___) in this section is an attempt to distil, in (___20___) very basic way, the tactics that researchers have found for diagnosing and shaping habits within our own lives.

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The difficult thing about (___1___) the science of habits is that most people, when they hear about this field of research, (___2___) to know the secret formula for quickly changing any habit. If scientists have discovered how (___3___) patterns work, then it stands to reason that they (___4___) have also found a recipe for rapid change, right? If only it (___5___) that easy. It's not (___6___) formulas don't exist. The problem is that there isn't one formula for (___7___) habits. There are thousands. Individuals and habits are (___8___) different, and so the specifics of from diagnosing and changing the patterns in our lives differ person to (___9___) and behaviour to behaviour. Giving up cigarettes is different (___10___) curbing overeating, which is different from changing how you communicate with your spouse, (___11___) is different from how you prioritize tasks at work. What’s more, each person’s habits are (___12___) by different cravings. As a result, this book does not (___13___) one prescription. Rather, I hoped to deliver something else: a framework for understanding (___14___) habits work and a guide to experimenting with how they (___15___) change. Some habits yield easily to analysis and influence. Others are (___16___) Complex and obstinate, and require prolonged study. And for others, change is a (___17___) that never fully concludes. But that does not (___18___) it can't occur. Each chapter in this book explains a different aspect of why habits exist and how they function. The framework (___19___) in this section is an attempt to distil, in (___20___) very basic way, the tactics that researchers have found for diagnosing and shaping habits within our own lives.

Direction: Each of the following sentences in this section has a blank space with four words or a group of words given. Select whichever word or group of words you consider the most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
The difficult thing about (___1___) the science of habits is that most people, when they hear about this field of research, (___2___) to know the secret formula for quickly changing any habit. If scientists have discovered how (___3___) patterns work, then it stands to reason that they (___4___) have also found a recipe for rapid change, right? If only it (___5___) that easy. It's not (___6___) formulas don't exist. The problem is that there isn't one formula for (___7___) habits. There are thousands. Individuals and habits are (___8___) different, and so the specifics of from diagnosing and changing the patterns in our lives differ person to (___9___) and behaviour to behaviour. Giving up cigarettes is different (___10___) curbing overeating, which is different from changing how you communicate with your spouse, (___11___) is different from how you prioritize tasks at work. What’s more, each person’s habits are (___12___) by different cravings. As a result, this book does not (___13___) one prescription. Rather, I hoped to deliver something else: a framework for understanding (___14___) habits work and a guide to experimenting with how they (___15___) change. Some habits yield easily to analysis and influence. Others are (___16___) Complex and obstinate, and require prolonged study. And for others, change is a (___17___) that never fully concludes. But that does not (___18___) it can't occur. Each chapter in this book explains a different aspect of why habits exist and how they function. The framework (___19___) in this section is an attempt to distil, in (___20___) very basic way, the tactics that researchers have found for diagnosing and shaping habits within our own lives.

Direction: Each of the following sentences in this section has a blank space with four words or a group of words given. Select whichever word or group of words you consider the most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
The difficult thing about (___1___) the science of habits is that most people, when they hear about this field of research, (___2___) to know the secret formula for quickly changing any habit. If scientists have discovered how (___3___) patterns work, then it stands to reason that they (___4___) have also found a recipe for rapid change, right? If only it (___5___) that easy. It's not (___6___) formulas don't exist. The problem is that there isn't one formula for (___7___) habits. There are thousands. Individuals and habits are (___8___) different, and so the specifics of from diagnosing and changing the patterns in our lives differ person to (___9___) and behaviour to behaviour. Giving up cigarettes is different (___10___) curbing overeating, which is different from changing how you communicate with your spouse, (___11___) is different from how you prioritize tasks at work. What’s more, each person’s habits are (___12___) by different cravings. As a result, this book does not (___13___) one prescription. Rather, I hoped to deliver something else: a framework for understanding (___14___) habits work and a guide to experimenting with how they (___15___) change. Some habits yield easily to analysis and influence. Others are (___16___) Complex and obstinate, and require prolonged study. And for others, change is a (___17___) that never fully concludes. But that does not (___18___) it can't occur. Each chapter in this book explains a different aspect of why habits exist and how they function. The framework (___19___) in this section is an attempt to distil, in (___20___) very basic way, the tactics that researchers have found for diagnosing and shaping habits within our own lives.

Direction: Each of the following sentences in this section has a blank space with four words or a group of words given. Select whichever word or group of words you consider the most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
The difficult thing about (___1___) the science of habits is that most people, when they hear about this field of research, (___2___) to know the secret formula for quickly changing any habit. If scientists have discovered how (___3___) patterns work, then it stands to reason that they (___4___) have also found a recipe for rapid change, right? If only it (___5___) that easy. It's not (___6___) formulas don't exist. The problem is that there isn't one formula for (___7___) habits. There are thousands. Individuals and habits are (___8___) different, and so the specifics of from diagnosing and changing the patterns in our lives differ person to (___9___) and behaviour to behaviour. Giving up cigarettes is different (___10___) curbing overeating, which is different from changing how you communicate with your spouse, (___11___) is different from how you prioritize tasks at work. What’s more, each person’s habits are (___12___) by different cravings. As a result, this book does not (___13___) one prescription. Rather, I hoped to deliver something else: a framework for understanding (___14___) habits work and a guide to experimenting with how they (___15___) change. Some habits yield easily to analysis and influence. Others are (___16___) Complex and obstinate, and require prolonged study. And for others, change is a (___17___) that never fully concludes. But that does not (___18___) it can't occur. Each chapter in this book explains a different aspect of why habits exist and how they function. The framework (___19___) in this section is an attempt to distil, in (___20___) very basic way, the tactics that researchers have found for diagnosing and shaping habits within our own lives.

Direction: Each of the following sentences in this section has a blank space with four words or a group of words given. Select whichever word or group of words you consider the most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
The difficult thing about (___1___) the science of habits is that most people, when they hear about this field of research, (___2___) to know the secret formula for quickly changing any habit. If scientists have discovered how (___3___) patterns work, then it stands to reason that they (___4___) have also found a recipe for rapid change, right? If only it (___5___) that easy. It's not (___6___) formulas don't exist. The problem is that there isn't one formula for (___7___) habits. There are thousands. Individuals and habits are (___8___) different, and so the specifics of from diagnosing and changing the patterns in our lives differ person to (___9___) and behaviour to behaviour. Giving up cigarettes is different (___10___) curbing overeating, which is different from changing how you communicate with your spouse, (___11___) is different from how you prioritize tasks at work. What’s more, each person’s habits are (___12___) by different cravings. As a result, this book does not (___13___) one prescription. Rather, I hoped to deliver something else: a framework for understanding (___14___) habits work and a guide to experimenting with how they (___15___) change. Some habits yield easily to analysis and influence. Others are (___16___) Complex and obstinate, and require prolonged study. And for others, change is a (___17___) that never fully concludes. But that does not (___18___) it can't occur. Each chapter in this book explains a different aspect of why habits exist and how they function. The framework (___19___) in this section is an attempt to distil, in (___20___) very basic way, the tactics that researchers have found for diagnosing and shaping habits within our own lives.

Direction: Each of the following sentences in this section has a blank space with four words or a group of words given. Select whichever word or group of words you consider the most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
The difficult thing about (___1___) the science of habits is that most people, when they hear about this field of research, (___2___) to know the secret formula for quickly changing any habit. If scientists have discovered how (___3___) patterns work, then it stands to reason that they (___4___) have also found a recipe for rapid change, right? If only it (___5___) that easy. It's not (___6___) formulas don't exist. The problem is that there isn't one formula for (___7___) habits. There are thousands. Individuals and habits are (___8___) different, and so the specifics of from diagnosing and changing the patterns in our lives differ person to (___9___) and behaviour to behaviour. Giving up cigarettes is different (___10___) curbing overeating, which is different from changing how you communicate with your spouse, (___11___) is different from how you prioritize tasks at work. What’s more, each person’s habits are (___12___) by different cravings. As a result, this book does not (___13___) one prescription. Rather, I hoped to deliver something else: a framework for understanding (___14___) habits work and a guide to experimenting with how they (___15___) change. Some habits yield easily to analysis and influence. Others are (___16___) Complex and obstinate, and require prolonged study. And for others, change is a (___17___) that never fully concludes. But that does not (___18___) it can't occur. Each chapter in this book explains a different aspect of why habits exist and how they function. The framework (___19___) in this section is an attempt to distil, in (___20___) very basic way, the tactics that researchers have found for diagnosing and shaping habits within our own lives.

Direction: Each of the following sentences in this section has a blank space with four words or a group of words given. Select whichever word or group of words you consider the most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
The difficult thing about (___1___) the science of habits is that most people, when they hear about this field of research, (___2___) to know the secret formula for quickly changing any habit. If scientists have discovered how (___3___) patterns work, then it stands to reason that they (___4___) have also found a recipe for rapid change, right? If only it (___5___) that easy. It's not (___6___) formulas don't exist. The problem is that there isn't one formula for (___7___) habits. There are thousands. Individuals and habits are (___8___) different, and so the specifics of from diagnosing and changing the patterns in our lives differ person to (___9___) and behaviour to behaviour. Giving up cigarettes is different (___10___) curbing overeating, which is different from changing how you communicate with your spouse, (___11___) is different from how you prioritize tasks at work. What’s more, each person’s habits are (___12___) by different cravings. As a result, this book does not (___13___) one prescription. Rather, I hoped to deliver something else: a framework for understanding (___14___) habits work and a guide to experimenting with how they (___15___) change. Some habits yield easily to analysis and influence. Others are (___16___) Complex and obstinate, and require prolonged study. And for others, change is a (___17___) that never fully concludes. But that does not (___18___) it can't occur. Each chapter in this book explains a different aspect of why habits exist and how they function. The framework (___19___) in this section is an attempt to distil, in (___20___) very basic way, the tactics that researchers have found for diagnosing and shaping habits within our own lives.

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The difficult thing about (___1___) the science of habits is that most people, when they hear about this field of research, (___2___) to know the secret formula for quickly changing any habit. If scientists have discovered how (___3___) patterns work, then it stands to reason that they (___4___) have also found a recipe for rapid change, right? If only it (___5___) that easy. It's not (___6___) formulas don't exist. The problem is that there isn't one formula for (___7___) habits. There are thousands. Individuals and habits are (___8___) different, and so the specifics of from diagnosing and changing the patterns in our lives differ person to (___9___) and behaviour to behaviour. Giving up cigarettes is different (___10___) curbing overeating, which is different from changing how you communicate with your spouse, (___11___) is different from how you prioritize tasks at work. What’s more, each person’s habits are (___12___) by different cravings. As a result, this book does not (___13___) one prescription. Rather, I hoped to deliver something else: a framework for understanding (___14___) habits work and a guide to experimenting with how they (___15___) change. Some habits yield easily to analysis and influence. Others are (___16___) Complex and obstinate, and require prolonged study. And for others, change is a (___17___) that never fully concludes. But that does not (___18___) it can't occur. Each chapter in this book explains a different aspect of why habits exist and how they function. The framework (___19___) in this section is an attempt to distil, in (___20___) very basic way, the tactics that researchers have found for diagnosing and shaping habits within our own lives.

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The difficult thing about (___1___) the science of habits is that most people, when they hear about this field of research, (___2___) to know the secret formula for quickly changing any habit. If scientists have discovered how (___3___) patterns work, then it stands to reason that they (___4___) have also found a recipe for rapid change, right? If only it (___5___) that easy. It's not (___6___) formulas don't exist. The problem is that there isn't one formula for (___7___) habits. There are thousands. Individuals and habits are (___8___) different, and so the specifics of from diagnosing and changing the patterns in our lives differ person to (___9___) and behaviour to behaviour. Giving up cigarettes is different (___10___) curbing overeating, which is different from changing how you communicate with your spouse, (___11___) is different from how you prioritize tasks at work. What’s more, each person’s habits are (___12___) by different cravings. As a result, this book does not (___13___) one prescription. Rather, I hoped to deliver something else: a framework for understanding (___14___) habits work and a guide to experimenting with how they (___15___) change. Some habits yield easily to analysis and influence. Others are (___16___) Complex and obstinate, and require prolonged study. And for others, change is a (___17___) that never fully concludes. But that does not (___18___) it can't occur. Each chapter in this book explains a different aspect of why habits exist and how they function. The framework (___19___) in this section is an attempt to distil, in (___20___) very basic way, the tactics that researchers have found for diagnosing and shaping habits within our own lives.

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The difficult thing about (___1___) the science of habits is that most people, when they hear about this field of research, (___2___) to know the secret formula for quickly changing any habit. If scientists have discovered how (___3___) patterns work, then it stands to reason that they (___4___) have also found a recipe for rapid change, right? If only it (___5___) that easy. It's not (___6___) formulas don't exist. The problem is that there isn't one formula for (___7___) habits. There are thousands. Individuals and habits are (___8___) different, and so the specifics of from diagnosing and changing the patterns in our lives differ person to (___9___) and behaviour to behaviour. Giving up cigarettes is different (___10___) curbing overeating, which is different from changing how you communicate with your spouse, (___11___) is different from how you prioritize tasks at work. What’s more, each person’s habits are (___12___) by different cravings. As a result, this book does not (___13___) one prescription. Rather, I hoped to deliver something else: a framework for understanding (___14___) habits work and a guide to experimenting with how they (___15___) change. Some habits yield easily to analysis and influence. Others are (___16___) Complex and obstinate, and require prolonged study. And for others, change is a (___17___) that never fully concludes. But that does not (___18___) it can't occur. Each chapter in this book explains a different aspect of why habits exist and how they function. The framework (___19___) in this section is an attempt to distil, in (___20___) very basic way, the tactics that researchers have found for diagnosing and shaping habits within our own lives.

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The difficult thing about (___1___) the science of habits is that most people, when they hear about this field of research, (___2___) to know the secret formula for quickly changing any habit. If scientists have discovered how (___3___) patterns work, then it stands to reason that they (___4___) have also found a recipe for rapid change, right? If only it (___5___) that easy. It's not (___6___) formulas don't exist. The problem is that there isn't one formula for (___7___) habits. There are thousands. Individuals and habits are (___8___) different, and so the specifics of from diagnosing and changing the patterns in our lives differ person to (___9___) and behaviour to behaviour. Giving up cigarettes is different (___10___) curbing overeating, which is different from changing how you communicate with your spouse, (___11___) is different from how you prioritize tasks at work. What’s more, each person’s habits are (___12___) by different cravings. As a result, this book does not (___13___) one prescription. Rather, I hoped to deliver something else: a framework for understanding (___14___) habits work and a guide to experimenting with how they (___15___) change. Some habits yield easily to analysis and influence. Others are (___16___) Complex and obstinate, and require prolonged study. And for others, change is a (___17___) that never fully concludes. But that does not (___18___) it can't occur. Each chapter in this book explains a different aspect of why habits exist and how they function. The framework (___19___) in this section is an attempt to distil, in (___20___) very basic way, the tactics that researchers have found for diagnosing and shaping habits within our own lives.

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The difficult thing about (___1___) the science of habits is that most people, when they hear about this field of research, (___2___) to know the secret formula for quickly changing any habit. If scientists have discovered how (___3___) patterns work, then it stands to reason that they (___4___) have also found a recipe for rapid change, right? If only it (___5___) that easy. It's not (___6___) formulas don't exist. The problem is that there isn't one formula for (___7___) habits. There are thousands. Individuals and habits are (___8___) different, and so the specifics of from diagnosing and changing the patterns in our lives differ person to (___9___) and behaviour to behaviour. Giving up cigarettes is different (___10___) curbing overeating, which is different from changing how you communicate with your spouse, (___11___) is different from how you prioritize tasks at work. What’s more, each person’s habits are (___12___) by different cravings. As a result, this book does not (___13___) one prescription. Rather, I hoped to deliver something else: a framework for understanding (___14___) habits work and a guide to experimenting with how they (___15___) change. Some habits yield easily to analysis and influence. Others are (___16___) Complex and obstinate, and require prolonged study. And for others, change is a (___17___) that never fully concludes. But that does not (___18___) it can't occur. Each chapter in this book explains a different aspect of why habits exist and how they function. The framework (___19___) in this section is an attempt to distil, in (___20___) very basic way, the tactics that researchers have found for diagnosing and shaping habits within our own lives.

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The difficult thing about (___1___) the science of habits is that most people, when they hear about this field of research, (___2___) to know the secret formula for quickly changing any habit. If scientists have discovered how (___3___) patterns work, then it stands to reason that they (___4___) have also found a recipe for rapid change, right? If only it (___5___) that easy. It's not (___6___) formulas don't exist. The problem is that there isn't one formula for (___7___) habits. There are thousands. Individuals and habits are (___8___) different, and so the specifics of from diagnosing and changing the patterns in our lives differ person to (___9___) and behaviour to behaviour. Giving up cigarettes is different (___10___) curbing overeating, which is different from changing how you communicate with your spouse, (___11___) is different from how you prioritize tasks at work. What’s more, each person’s habits are (___12___) by different cravings. As a result, this book does not (___13___) one prescription. Rather, I hoped to deliver something else: a framework for understanding (___14___) habits work and a guide to experimenting with how they (___15___) change. Some habits yield easily to analysis and influence. Others are (___16___) Complex and obstinate, and require prolonged study. And for others, change is a (___17___) that never fully concludes. But that does not (___18___) it can't occur. Each chapter in this book explains a different aspect of why habits exist and how they function. The framework (___19___) in this section is an attempt to distil, in (___20___) very basic way, the tactics that researchers have found for diagnosing and shaping habits within our own lives.

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The difficult thing about (___1___) the science of habits is that most people, when they hear about this field of research, (___2___) to know the secret formula for quickly changing any habit. If scientists have discovered how (___3___) patterns work, then it stands to reason that they (___4___) have also found a recipe for rapid change, right? If only it (___5___) that easy. It's not (___6___) formulas don't exist. The problem is that there isn't one formula for (___7___) habits. There are thousands. Individuals and habits are (___8___) different, and so the specifics of from diagnosing and changing the patterns in our lives differ person to (___9___) and behaviour to behaviour. Giving up cigarettes is different (___10___) curbing overeating, which is different from changing how you communicate with your spouse, (___11___) is different from how you prioritize tasks at work. What’s more, each person’s habits are (___12___) by different cravings. As a result, this book does not (___13___) one prescription. Rather, I hoped to deliver something else: a framework for understanding (___14___) habits work and a guide to experimenting with how they (___15___) change. Some habits yield easily to analysis and influence. Others are (___16___) Complex and obstinate, and require prolonged study. And for others, change is a (___17___) that never fully concludes. But that does not (___18___) it can't occur. Each chapter in this book explains a different aspect of why habits exist and how they function. The framework (___19___) in this section is an attempt to distil, in (___20___) very basic way, the tactics that researchers have found for diagnosing and shaping habits within our own lives.

Direction: Each of the following sentences in this section has a blank space with four words or a group of words given. Select whichever word or group of words you consider the most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
The difficult thing about (___1___) the science of habits is that most people, when they hear about this field of research, (___2___) to know the secret formula for quickly changing any habit. If scientists have discovered how (___3___) patterns work, then it stands to reason that they (___4___) have also found a recipe for rapid change, right? If only it (___5___) that easy. It's not (___6___) formulas don't exist. The problem is that there isn't one formula for (___7___) habits. There are thousands. Individuals and habits are (___8___) different, and so the specifics of from diagnosing and changing the patterns in our lives differ person to (___9___) and behaviour to behaviour. Giving up cigarettes is different (___10___) curbing overeating, which is different from changing how you communicate with your spouse, (___11___) is different from how you prioritize tasks at work. What’s more, each person’s habits are (___12___) by different cravings. As a result, this book does not (___13___) one prescription. Rather, I hoped to deliver something else: a framework for understanding (___14___) habits work and a guide to experimenting with how they (___15___) change. Some habits yield easily to analysis and influence. Others are (___16___) Complex and obstinate, and require prolonged study. And for others, change is a (___17___) that never fully concludes. But that does not (___18___) it can't occur. Each chapter in this book explains a different aspect of why habits exist and how they function. The framework (___19___) in this section is an attempt to distil, in (___20___) very basic way, the tactics that researchers have found for diagnosing and shaping habits within our own lives.

Direction: Each of the following sentences in this section has a blank space with four words or a group of words given. Select whichever word or group of words you consider the most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
The difficult thing about (___1___) the science of habits is that most people, when they hear about this field of research, (___2___) to know the secret formula for quickly changing any habit. If scientists have discovered how (___3___) patterns work, then it stands to reason that they (___4___) have also found a recipe for rapid change, right? If only it (___5___) that easy. It's not (___6___) formulas don't exist. The problem is that there isn't one formula for (___7___) habits. There are thousands. Individuals and habits are (___8___) different, and so the specifics of from diagnosing and changing the patterns in our lives differ person to (___9___) and behaviour to behaviour. Giving up cigarettes is different (___10___) curbing overeating, which is different from changing how you communicate with your spouse, (___11___) is different from how you prioritize tasks at work. What’s more, each person’s habits are (___12___) by different cravings. As a result, this book does not (___13___) one prescription. Rather, I hoped to deliver something else: a framework for understanding (___14___) habits work and a guide to experimenting with how they (___15___) change. Some habits yield easily to analysis and influence. Others are (___16___) Complex and obstinate, and require prolonged study. And for others, change is a (___17___) that never fully concludes. But that does not (___18___) it can't occur. Each chapter in this book explains a different aspect of why habits exist and how they function. The framework (___19___) in this section is an attempt to distil, in (___20___) very basic way, the tactics that researchers have found for diagnosing and shaping habits within our own lives.

Direction: Each of the following sentences in this section has a blank space with four words or a group of words given. Select whichever word or group of words you consider the most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
The difficult thing about (___1___) the science of habits is that most people, when they hear about this field of research, (___2___) to know the secret formula for quickly changing any habit. If scientists have discovered how (___3___) patterns work, then it stands to reason that they (___4___) have also found a recipe for rapid change, right? If only it (___5___) that easy. It's not (___6___) formulas don't exist. The problem is that there isn't one formula for (___7___) habits. There are thousands. Individuals and habits are (___8___) different, and so the specifics of from diagnosing and changing the patterns in our lives differ person to (___9___) and behaviour to behaviour. Giving up cigarettes is different (___10___) curbing overeating, which is different from changing how you communicate with your spouse, (___11___) is different from how you prioritize tasks at work. What’s more, each person’s habits are (___12___) by different cravings. As a result, this book does not (___13___) one prescription. Rather, I hoped to deliver something else: a framework for understanding (___14___) habits work and a guide to experimenting with how they (___15___) change. Some habits yield easily to analysis and influence. Others are (___16___) Complex and obstinate, and require prolonged study. And for others, change is a (___17___) that never fully concludes. But that does not (___18___) it can't occur. Each chapter in this book explains a different aspect of why habits exist and how they function. The framework (___19___) in this section is an attempt to distil, in (___20___) very basic way, the tactics that researchers have found for diagnosing and shaping habits within our own lives.