Repeated reflective prompts may habituate, so scaffolding can replace rather than strengthen the user's own metacognitive habits¶
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q1 i? When the same prompts are encountered repeatedly, their effect may wear off through habituation, and the scaffolding may replace the metacognitive capacity it was meant to protect. → Sander de Jong 2026
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Sander de Jong 2026¶
Sander de Jong. (2026). Open Questions Towards Skill-Sustaining Reliance in Reflective AI Engagement. Workshop paper presented at CHIWORK'26 Workshop on Human Agency and Skill in AI-Supported Work. https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.27726 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2609.27726
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Theoretical argument in Section 4, consistent with the paper's cited broader findings on warning fatigue where repeated alerts are automatically dismissed. The paper offers this as a reasoned concern, not a tested result.
"when the same prompts are encountered repeatedly, their effect may wear off through habituation as users learn to respond to the prompt without critically engaging with it"
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Related Claims¶
- Metacognitive prompts improve learning — the general claim this finding bears on, with the studies behind it
- Habitual self-formative dialogue with a synthetic position tends to absorb the integrative authorship of the meta- and promoter positions (synthetic promotion) — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
- Reflective Practice Improves Outcomes When Structured — related
- Neither self-report nor eye tracking can reliably distinguish strategic from habituated behavior in empirical practice — related
- Habits tend to override intentions primarily under unfavorable conditions such as stress, time pressure, or low self-control — related
- Dynamic psychology research on habit formation is replacing vague verbal maxims of applied psychology with definite insights, including when practice makes perfect and when it does not. — related
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Repeated reflective prompts may habituate, so scaffolding can replace rather than strengthen the user's own metacognitive habits |
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Repeated reflective prompts may habituate, so scaffolding can replace rather than strengthen the user's own metacognitive habits |
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