Motivating employees to achieve the desired behavioral outcome is an important leadership function. In a small business it is easier to assess outcomes, so your leadership tactics can be modified ...

Adherence is a very complex issue. Numerous theories have been developed and they must be integrated into any approach to solve our healthcare problems. Only Intelligent Engagement can incorporate a ...

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 ...

Economists and psychologists work together to understand how human behavior impacts people's decision-making in the marketplace.

The PhD in Health Behavior is offered by the Department of Health Behavior. Health Behavior doctoral students learn to use theories and methods from the social and behavioral sciences to develop ...

Behavior is what animals do. It can be defined as the muscular output of an organism or as its externally observable dynamical features (Box 1). The brain is the chief architect, orchestrator and ...

There are many theories on the buying behavior of individuals, and businesses are constantly analyzing them to figure out how to persuade consumers to buy their products and services. Often a customer ...

Behavioral economics helps investors understand irrational market behaviors and customer choices. Examples of behavioral economic theories include loss aversion and sunk-cost fallacy. Recognizing ...

Arthur W. Staats, Ph.D., inventor of "time-out" and the Token Reinforcer System, and a forefather of cognitive behavioral psychology, has passed. Staats was born in 1924 in New York. Following his ...

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

In a law journal note titled “The Seller’s Curse and the Underwriter’s Pricing Pivot: A Behavioral Theory of IPO Pricing,” author Patrick Corrigan considers various theories advanced to explain IPO ...

Not least because of the COVID-19 pandemic, conspiracy theories are more topical than ever. They are reported and discussed in almost all media and communication channels. But what influence do they ...