Can social media increase voter turnout? Researchers sought to answer this question by seeing if the social approval effect — which describes how the desire for social approval can influence decision-making — can impact voting behavior in the real world. As it turns out, merely seeing others' behavior can have a strong influence on our decision-making.
Anchoring is one of the most prevalent and enduring heuristics that we encounter in our daily lives. But do anchors affect how juries make decisions? Or judges for that matter?
Loss aversion is visible across different demographics and even species, having been documented in professional financial traders, taxi drivers, young and old people, and even capuchin monkeys. But are judges affected by loss aversion, too?
Behavioral science is simply incompatible with a policy that requires us to do something — it lacks the necessary enforcement mechanisms.
Elder people remain the most vulnerable to the deadly global pandemic. But just as much, the young will also bear a heavy blow from COVID-19's fallout.
In this podcast episode, we discuss the current state of the behavioral science industry and its role within the public and private sectors, as well as predictions for how it will evolve.
What can behavioral science tell us about politics? A lot, it turns out. Political polarization has intensified to the extent that we give our trust based on who says something, not what they say.
How does framing of carbon pricing policy impact consumer attitudes and behaviors?
By understanding the psychology of decision-making, candidates and politically engaged individuals can design more effective messages to get constituents and friends out to vote.
