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A Psychological Perspective on Behaviour Change: A Critical Analysis of Atomic Habits

Alisha Fatima , Dr. Deepanjana Chakraborty

DIP: 18.02.072/20251003

DOI: 10.25215/2455/1003072

Received: August 18, 2025; Revision Received: August 25, 2025; Accepted: August 31, 2025

Abstract

A psychologically comprehensive and useful guidebook for comprehending how minor, regular actions may culminate in major human transformation is James Clear’s Atomic Habits. The book offers the ‘Four Laws of Behavior Change,’ which have their roots in behavioral and cognitive psychology, as a straightforward and practical framework: make it clear, make it appealing, make it simple, and make it fulfilling. These rules are consistent with important psychological concepts including social learning, reinforcement theory, implementation intention, and operant conditioning. This review critically analyzes Clear’s contribution to behavioural psychology, emphasizing the book’s ability to make complicated ideas understandable to a broader audience while also recognizing its shortcomings in addressing more complex structural or cultural influences on behavior.

The author(s) appreciates all those who participated in the study and helped to facilitate the research process.

The author(s) declared no conflict of interest.

This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Alisha Fatima @ alishaafatima13@gmail.com

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ISSN 2455-670X

DIP: 18.02.072/20251003

DOI: 10.25215/2455/1003072

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Volume 10, Issue 3, July – September, 2025

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