The recognition that behavioral psychology plays a central role in economic development is profound and flies directly in the face of traditional theories of prosperity that focus solely on optimal resource allocation.
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D.s in behavioral science and psychology.
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Ariely, 43, a professor of psychology and behavioral economics, is among the most creative of a new breed of social scientists charting the numerous ways our psychological quirks cause us to deviate from rational behavior.
In my case, I spent three years reading and writing about the latest research in psychology, behavioral science and neuroscience, and spoke with leading minds in those and additional disciplines to get traction on the material.
As but one example, the conference was kicked off yesterday by Shlomo Benartzi at UCLA, who reminded audience members how academic research led to a revolution in retirement policy in the U.S., improving the retirement security of millions of Americans by increasing participation and contribution rates to 401(k) plans by leveraging the insights of psychology and behavioral economics.
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Unlike change management, which is grounded in business and economics, OD relies primarily on the application of behavioral sciences, such as psychology, sociology, and cultural anthropology, to facilitate human development for social and organizational gain.
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Indeed, the guilty secret of psychology and of behavioral economics is that their experiments and surveys are conducted almost entirely with people from Western, industrialized countries, mostly of college age, and very often students of psychology at colleges in the United States.
She founded Commonwealth Psychology Associates LLC, a behavioral health and counseling company in Boston in 2004.
Secondly, our investment process, we believe, is strongly enhanced by insights gained from the emerging field of behavioral finance, which says that human psychology can actually play a role in finding investment opportunities.
After getting my doctorate in clinical psychology I took a position as clinical director for behavioral health services on Cape Cod.
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But on a more creative and mindful level, improvisation has "value, " says creativity expert Robert Epstein, a former editor of Psychology Today and founder of the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies.
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