Behavioral Economics is the application of psychology to the field of economics. It describes the role that psychology plays among consumers, employers, and governments, which then impacts markets and ...

Prospect theory [1, 2, 3] has perhaps been one of the most influential theories within psychology and behavioral economics. Daniel Kahneman won the Nobel prize for this work. Prospect theory and ...

4/14/2011 - Why do people vote? Why do voters form parties? When do candidates adopt centrist platforms in general elections? Political scientists have debated these questions for generations, based ...

Imagine removing a branch of the U.S. government, say the Supreme Court. What are the myriad ways that such an upheaval might reshape people’s lives? Policy makers and researchers probably would want ...

What we eat can have an outsize ill effect on the planet. Food production is believed to contribute anywhere from 20% to 40% of Earth’s greenhouse gas emissions, but animal agriculture is responsible ...

Operant conditioning, sometimes called instrumental conditioning or Skinnerian conditioning, is a method of learning that uses rewards and punishment to modify behavior. Through operant conditioning, ...

The behavioral theory constructs most often used to study mammography utilization—perceived benefit, perceived susceptibility, self-efficacy, intention, and subjective norms—have neither been ...

We know not everyone learns and retains information the same way, so what can we do to make sure that everyone benefits from their education? The aim of research in educational psychology is to ...

Public health practitioners often hear that effective interventions are theory-based and draw from practice and research. However, operationalizing this integration of theory, research, and practice ...

The Tree of Knowledge System, described in the previous post, posits that there are four fundamental divisions in nature. The first division is between Energy and Matter, the second is between Matter ...