Behaviourism, Behavioural theory Books

Book SynopsisThe attachment bond that develops between infant and mother is the first of many intimate relationships we form throughout life, and as such it has been the focus of much research. But how does the quality of the secure base phenomena that defines this bond vary among individuals and across cultures? What methods can be used to asses its presence and characteristics? Following an interview with Mary S. Ainsworth, the originator of the concept of secure base, this new Monograph brings together eleven papers that consolidate our understanding of the empirical advances that have occurred in attachment research. The collection is organized into three sections. Part One includes papers on the generalizability of attachment theory and data, including cross-cultural research. Part Two addresses both normative and individual differences among mothers, children, caregivers, and their interactionsand methods for the valid assessment of these. Part Three examines the mental repres

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Book SynopsisHrdy argues that evolutionary theorists’ emphasis on sexual competition among males for access to females overlooks selection pressures on females themselves. In this account of what female primates themselves do to secure their own reproductive advantage, she demolishes myths about sexually passive, “coy,” compliant, exclusively nurturing females.Trade ReviewThis is a splendid book. It is a scientific treatise on primate sex and status, successfully masquerading as a good read. -- Alison Jolly * American Scientist *The bulk of the book represents an attempt to create a perspective on the evolutionary biology of women by evaluating their female primate heritage. These chapters are original, high quality formulations presenting and explaining the behavior of female primates using a combination of sociobiological and socioecological principles of analysis...The book is written toward a borderline between the scientific and the popular audience--not an easy thing to do--but, by and large, Hrdy does just that. For this reason, the book has a place in both research and teaching. -- Jane B. Lancaster * American Journal of Physical Anthropology *It is an understatement to say that this is a provocative essay. Although the book is written for a general audience, it will compel specialists to reconsider many of their assumptions about the evolution of primate females. Those interested in evolutionary influences upon human social behavior will be stimulated and challenged. Undoubtedly, many of the hypotheses will be controversial, and some may be disturbing. -- Joan B. Silk * Ethnology and Sociology *In its treatment of primate behavior, Hrdy's book has no peers...[It is] a fascinating account of the selective pressures that have shaped the behavior of males and females. -- Dorothy Cheney * Science *[A] breakthrough book...A primatologist by training and feminist by predilection, Hrdy asked the basic and in my mind perfectly sensible question: How do women compare to other female primates? What can we understand about our urges, desires, and fears, our sexuality, our relationships with men and with other women, and the near universality of women's second-class status, by examining the lives and loves of our closest nonhuman kin? Among Hrdy's many bracing conclusions: Far from being coy and sexually tepid, as the stereotype has it, women may well have evolved for a restless sort of promiscuity, the better to confuse issues of paternity and thus heighten their children's chances of survival in the hazardous, half-cocked company of men. -- Natalie Angier * O Magazine *

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Book SynopsisGives insight into the methods of behavioral research, and highlight how this knowledge might influence the implementation of public policy for the improvement of society. This title illuminates the relationship between behavioral findings and economic analyses. It examines policy relevance of behavioral science to our social and political lives.Trade Review"[Behavioral Foundations of Public Policy] is a master compendium of what we know."--David Brooks, New York Times "I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a comprehensive perspective on the potential and limitations of the behavioural insights popularized by Nudge and similar works... Those in government, non-profits, and the private sector interested in empirically supported ways to motivate people to act in their own best interest will find a rich source of examples and exposure to underlying theory in The Behavioral Foundations of Public Policy."--Jennifer Miller, LSE Review of Books "[This] is a commanding summary of scholarly work testing some of the most influential theories of how and why people behave as they do, and will be a valuable resource for students, researchers and policy makers looking for a balanced and comprehensive discussion of what can work and what is not known."--Manu Savani, Political Studies ReviewTable of ContentsForeword vii Daniel Kahneman List of Contributors xi Acknowledgments xvii Introduction 1 Eldar Shafir Part 1. Prejudice and Discrimination * Chapter 1. The Nature of Implicit Prejudice: Implications for Personal and Public Policy 13 * Curtis D. Hardin, Mahzarin R. Banaji* Chapter 2. Biases in Interracial Interactions: Implications for Social Policy 32 * J. Nicole Shelton, Jennifer A. Richeson, John F. Dovidio* Chapter 3. Policy Implications of Unexamined Discrimination: Gender Bias in Employment as a Case Study 52 * Susan T. Fiske, Linda H. Krieger Part 2. Social Interactions * Chapter 4. The Psychology of Cooperation: Implications for Public Policy 77 * Tom Tyler* Chapter 5. Rethinking Why People Vote: Voting as Dynamic Social Expression 91 * Todd Rogers, Craig R. Fox, Alan S. Gerber* Chapter 6. Perspectives on Disagreement and Dispute Resolution: Lessons from the Lab and the Real World 108 * Lee Ross* Chapter 7. Psychic Numbing and Mass Atrocity 126 * Paul Slovic, David Zionts, Andrew K. Woods, Ryan Goodman, Derek Jinks Part 3. The Justice System * Chapter 8. Eyewitness Identification and the Legal System 145 * Nancy K. Steblay, Elizabeth F. Loftus* Chapter 9. False Convictions 163 * Phoebe Ellsworth, Sam Gross* Chapter 10. Behavioral Issues of Punishment, Retribution, and Deterrence 181 * John M. Darley, Adam L. Alter Part 4. Bias and Competence * Chapter 11. Claims and Denials of Bias and Their Implications for Policy 195 * Emily Pronin, Kathleen Schmidt* Chapter 12. Questions of Competence: The Duty to Inform and the Limits to Choice 217 * Baruch Fischhoff, Sara L. Eggers* Chapter 13. If Misfearing Is the Problem, Is Cost-Benefit Analysis the Solution? 231 * Cass R. Sunstein Part 5. Behavioral Economics and Finance * Chapter 14. Choice Architecture and Retirement Saving Plans 245 * Shlomo Benartzi, Ehud Peleg, Richard H. Thaler* Chapter 15. Behavioral Economics Analysis of Employment Law 264 * Christine Jolls* Chapter 16. Decision Making and Policy in Contexts of Poverty 281 * Sendhil Mullainathan, Eldar Shafir Part 6. Behavior Change * Chapter 17. Psychological Levers of Behavior Change 301 * Dale T. Miller, Deborah A. Prentice* Chapter 18. Turning Mindless Eating into Healthy Eating 310 * Brian Wansink* Chapter 19. A Social Psychological Approach to Educational Intervention 329 * Julio Garcia, Geoffrey L. Cohen Part 7. Improving Decisions * Chapter 20. Beyond Comprehension: Figuring Out Whether Decision Aids Improve People's Decisions 351 * Peter Ubel* Chapter 21. Using Decision Errors to Help People Help Themselves 361 * George Loewenstein, Leslie John, Kevin G. Volpp* Chapter 22. Doing the Right Thing Willingly: Using the Insights of Behavioral Decision Research for Better Environmental Decisions 380 * Elke U. Weber* Chapter 23. Overcoming Decision Biases to Reduce Losses from Natural Catastrophes 398 * Howard Kunreuther, Robert Meyer, Erwann Michel-Kerjan Part 8. Decision Contexts * Chapter 24. Decisions by Default 417 * Eric J. Johnson, Daniel G. Goldstein* Chapter 25. Choice Architecture 428 * Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein, John P. Balz* Chapter 26. Behaviorally Informed Regulation 440 * Michael S. Barr, Sendhil Mullainathan, Eldar Shafir Part 9. Commentaries * Chapter 27. Psychology and Economic Policy 465 * William J. Congdon* Chapter 28. Behavioral Decision Science Applied to Health-Care Policy 475 * Donald A. Redelmeier* Chapter 29. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Debiasing the Policy Makers Themselves 481 * Paul Brest* Chapter 30. Paternalism, Manipulation, Freedom, and the Good 494 * Judith Lichtenberg Index 499

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Honorable Mention for the Stein Rokkan Prize, European Consortium for Political Research and the International Science Council"

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Book SynopsisA Volume in the Jossey-Bass Managed Behavioral Healthcare Library Offers comprehensive advice and practical guidelines on computerization that will fundamentally change the clinical practice, management, and communications of behavioral healthcare. Also provides suggestions for overcoming human resistance, and making a smooth transition from a traditional paper system to a high-tech computer operation.Trade Review"A much-needed resource for coping with the technological demands in the rapidly evolving field of behavioral health care." "A book of major significance about the careful application of computers and information processing to finding solutions to the many challenges posed by the rapid movement toward managed behavioral health care." --Bruce W. Vieweg, M.S., director, Office of Information Systems, State of Missouri Department of Mental Health "This pathbreaking book shows not only that it is unavoidable that computer science and telecommunication technology are entering the field of behavioral health, but that patients and their families, healthcare personnel and managers may look forward to this development." --W. Gulbinat, acting manager, epidemiological and managerial support, Division of Mental Health and the Prevention of Substance Abuse, World Health Organization "An essential guide for mental health practitioners. A pioneering, must-read book for the 21st century clinician." --Steven E. Locke, M.D., chief of behavioral medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, and director of psychiatric informatics, Center for Clinical Computing, Harvard Medical School "There is much in this book that is useful in each area ranging from a compAndium of Internet mental health conference lists to basic definitions of terminology to some subtly sophisticated information on clinical decision support systems (DSSs)." --Reviewed by Rodney L. Lowman, Contemporary PsychologyTable of ContentsForeword Introduction Part One: Clinical Practice 1. How Information Technologies Are Transforming Behavioral Healthcare (Marion J. Ball, Judith V. Douglas) 2. Clinical Decision Support Systems(Wallace J. Gingerich, Anthony Brokowski) 3. The Use of Computers in Therapy(Roger L. Gould) 4. Clinical Assessment and Outcomes Measurement(Murray P. Naditch, Kevin L. Moreland) Part Two: Management 5. The Transition from Paper to Computerized and Interactive Information Systems, (Larry D. Rosen, Michelle M. Weil) 6. Computerization in Group Practices(Peter S. Currie) 7. Computerization in County and Community Mental Health Centers(Tuan D. Nguyen, Gary Olsen) 8. Computerization in Hospital-Based Delivery Systems(Warner V. Slack, Charles Safran, Howard L. Bleich) 9. Computerization in Managed Behavioral Healthcare Companies( William R. Maloney, Eugene D. Hill III) Part Three: Communications 10. The Need to Know vs. The Right to Privacy(Robert Gellman, Kathleen A. Frawley) 11. The Rapid Growth of Electronic Communication(Michael W. Hurst, William A. Roiter) 12. How to Use the Internet and Electronic Bulletin Boards( Dick Schoech, Katherine Kelley Smith) 13. The Past, Present, and Future of Data Standards(Ronald W. Manderscheid, Marilyn J. HAnderson)

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Book SynopsisGroups, teams, and other new ways of working together have become commonplace in today''s organizations. In spite of all of these changes, one element remains the same: the basic building block of all work activities is the individual employee. Points of Influence helps coach managers, team leaders, and trainers to gain a better understanding of employee motivation and how they can influence behavior, increase their own personal self-awareness, and expand their managerial skills.Trade Review"Those of us who work on organization change have a wealth ofresources to understand the group and system levels of theorganization. With Points of Influence, Morley Segal gives us thecritical third piece--a comprehensive review of personality theoryagainst the backdrop of organization practice. Finally, there is apractical guide to the individual level of our work. It is aninvaluable addition to our understanding of organization change."--June Delano, director, organization change & development,Eastman Kodak CompanyTable of ContentsIntroduction: Understanding and Affecting Behavior in theWorkplace Part One: The Internal Being: Points of Influence Beyond OurAwareness 1. Sigmund Freud: The Internal Conflict Between Instinct andCivilization 2. Carl Jung: The Collective Unconscious, Archetypes, andPsychological Types 3. Karen Horney: The Social Unconscious and the Conflict ofSelf-Images Part Two: Thought and Feeling: Points of Influence Within OurAwareness 4. Albert Ellis and Aaron Beck: The Power of Thought andBelief 5. Carl Rogers: The Power of Feelings Part Three: The Individual and the Environment: External Points ofInfluence 6. B.F. Skinner: The Influence of Environment on Behavior 7. Kurt Lewin: Individual Perception and the Environment 8. Fritz and Laura Perls: The Gestalt of Experience andBehavior 9. Murray Bowen: Emotional Systems Conclusion: Using Personality Theory: Understanding Behavior,Taking Effective Action, and Increasing Personal Awareness

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Book SynopsisThis work presents best practices in assessment of individual employees within an organization. It examines individual assessment from three perspectives: setting/situation, the place of assessment within an organization's systems, and use of assessment for targeted purposes.Table of ContentsForeward by Manuel London. FRAMEWORKS. An Overview of Individual Psychological Assessment. Theoretical Frameworks for Assessment. Individual Assessment: The Research Base. Ethical, Legal, and Professional issues for Individual Assessment. PROCESSES. Designing the Individual Assessment. Getting at Character: The Simplicity on the Other Side of Complexity. A Clinical Approach to Executive Selection. Communicating Results for Impact. STRATEGIES. Assessing and Changing Managers for New Organizational Roles. Shaping Organizational Strategy Leadership: The Ripple Effect of Assessment. PERSPECTIVES. Anticipating the Future: Assessment Strategies for Tommorrow.

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Book SynopsisUnleash Conflict''s Creative Potential Absolutely essential reading for anyone interested in identity conflicts and how to overcome them. Provides a fascinating theoretical introduction to the phenomena, detailed case study experiences, and a final training guide for practitioners...a landmark work. --Kevin Clements, director, Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University Presenting a brilliant new approach to conflict resolution that will intrigue and inform practitioners and scholars alike. Writing from his remarkable range of academic and real-world experiences--including his historic work in bringing Israel and the PLO to the negotiation table--Rothman shows how identity-based conflict can be managed so that both parties reach a higher ground than either could have found on its own. His vehicle is his ARIA model, and here he traces the ARIA process through Antagonism, Resonance, Invention, and Action, demonstrating step-by-sTrade Review"Absolutely essential reading for anyone interested in identity conflicts and how to overcome them. Provides a fascinating theoretical introduction to the phenomena, detailed case study experiences, and a final training guide for practitioners...a landmark work." (Kevin Clements, Vernon and Minnie Lynch Professor of Conflict Resolution, and director, Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University) "Jay Rothman not only says it is possible to bring about reconciliation of communities, organizations, and nations involved in long-standing, deeply rooted conflicts, but he shows just how to do it! . . . Focusing on the importance of social identity and the steps involved in transforming antagonism into effective joint action, he helps us go beyond the role of interests to a more complete understanding of needs and their importance in conflict resolution." (Lawrence Susskind, director, MIT-Harvard Public Disputes Program, and president, Consensus Building Institute) "With clarity and imagination, Jay Rothman explores identity conflict from the community to the international arena. . . . This book provides direction and hope for all those engaged in the essential work of conflict resolution." (Richard Deats, editor of Fellowship, the magazine of the Fellowship of Reconciliation) "Re-imagines conflict mediation in a remarkably new way--by bringing together the empirical language of negotiation with the pattern-recognition skills of the artist, a new and exciting synthesis is possible." (Michael Jones, pianist, composer, Narada recording artist, and author of Creating an Imaginative Life) ?The ARIA framework works at many levels. It is a wonderful metaphor for the phases of constructive conflict resolution that has applications in so many fields. It is the analytic melody that connects the phases through the example of a string quartet, and it captures how creative conflict resolution is like a beautiful song when expertly executed. In all its forms, I have incorporated ARIA into my teaching and practice.? (Deborah M. Kolb, professor of negotiation and conflict resolution, Simmons College; Senior Fellow, Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School)Table of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. About the Author. Prologue: The ARIA Quartet Conflict. TRANSFORMING IDENTITY-BASED CONFLICT. 1. The ARIA Framework: Antagonism, Resonance, Invention, Action. 2. Antagonism: Sufacing Differences and Analyzing Animosity. 3. Resonance: Articulating Common Needs and Motivations. 4. Invention: Generating Cooperative Solutions. 5. Action: Setting Joint Agendas. THE ARIA FRAMEWORK IN PRACTICE. 6. Prenegotiation in Nations: Peace Building in Jerusalem. 7. Transforming Conflicts Within and Between Groups in Organizations. 8. ARIA Tools: Lessons Drawn from Community Conflicts. Epilogue: Engaging Identity, Creating Harmony. Notes. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisModern conceptualization of the multidimensional nature of anxiety, panic, and fear are examined from a variety of perspectives, including theories of emotion and cognition, neuropsychology, and conditioning. Carroll E. Izard and Eric A. Youngstrom open with a review of Differential Emotions Theory. In the second chapter, Jeffrey A. Gray and Neil McNaughton summarize and update Gray's neuropsychological theory of anxiety. Susan Mineka and Richard Zinbarg consider what modern conditioning theory contributes to the understanding of emotion, and Richard J. McNally offers an overview of the application of experimental cognitive paradigms to fear, panic, and anxiety. The volume concludes with a new version of David H. Barlow's theory of emotional disorders. Barlow, Bruce F. Chorpita, and Julia Turovsky draw from work on emotion, neurophysiology, attributions, learning, ethology, attention, and child development to describe how the inappropriate activation of fear (e.g., a panic attack) ca

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Book SynopsisIntended for graduate and upper level undergraduate courses in behavioural ecology where students are already familiar with the basic ideas, this book continues to define the subject. A completely new set of contributions has been brought together once more to take account of the many exciting new developments in the field.Trade Review"Usually we do not publish reviews of second and subsequent edition books, but for this we make an exception. This textbook continues to define the subject of behavioural ecology and manages to combine this with being eminently accessible and readable. Once again updated and partially rewritten. Essential to students, scientists and layman alike with an interest in behavioural ecology. Even if you have a copy of the third edition you should still get this one." Bird Study Table of ContentsPart I: Introduction:. The Evolution of Behavioural Ecology: John R Krebs and Nicholas B Davies. Part II: Mechanisms and Individual Behaviour:. Introduction. Sensory Systems and Behaviour: Rüdiger Wehner. The Ecology of Information Use: Luc-Alain Giraldeau. Recognition Systems: Paul W Sherman, Hudson K Reeve and David W Pfennig. Managing Time and Energy: Innes C Cuthill and Alasdair I Houston. Sperm Competition and Mating Systems: Timothy R Birkhead & Geoffrey A Parker. Part III: From Individual Behaviour to Social Systems:. Introduction. The Evolution of Animal Signals: Rufus A Johnstone. Sexual Selection and Mate Choice: Michael J Ryan. Sociality and Kin Selection in Insects: Andrew F G Bourke. Predicting Family Dynamics in Social Vertebrates: Stephen T Emlen. The Ecology of Relationships: Anne E Pusey and Craig Packer. The Social Gene: David Haig. Part IV: Life Histories, Phylogenies and Populations:. Introduction. Adaptation of Life Histories: Serge Daan and Joost M Tinbergen. The Phylogenetic Foundations of Behavioural Ecology: Paul H Harvey and Sean Nee. Causes and Consequences of Population Structure: Godfrey M Hewitt and Roger K Butlin. Individual Behaviour, Populations and Conservation: John D Goss-Custard and William J Sutherland. References. Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review‘The “nudge revolution” is now 15 years old, and has produced enough theory and research to warrant a long, hard look. This volume provides it. In its pages, the world’s experts on every aspect of nudging - from how to when to why - describe what we’ve learned about how to use behavioral science to improve human lives. This book is an essential resource for anyone interested in this topic.’ -- Daniel Gilbert, Harvard University, US‘The Research Handbook on Nudges and Society is a fantastic new compendium exploring how we can improve management and policy with nudges. Sunstein and Reisch have brought together outstanding chapters that will inform researchers and policymakers about new challenges and opportunities in the field, elucidating how and when choice architecture can be used most effectively to benefit society.’ -- Katy Milkman, University of Pennslyvania, US‘This is the book you need to catch up with state-of-the art research on behavioural public policy. Inspiring for researchers, policy analysts and policymakers alike.’ -- Anne-Lise Sibony, UCLouvain, Belgium‘An insightful collection of essays exploring the intersection of nudges and society. From theoretical debates to real-world applications, this book delves into the nuances of behavioural public policy. It covers a wide range of debates - on agency, social welfare, economic inequality, polarization, and more. A gem-filled and enjoyable read.’ -- René van Bavel, Joint Research Centre, European CommissionTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Research Handbook on Nudges and Society 1 Cass R. Sunstein and Lucia A. Reisch PART I FOUNDATIONS 1 Libertarian paternalism 10 Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein 2 Nudgeability and beyond: affording people with opportunities to make the right choice 17 Denise De Ridder 3 Bias, noise and nudges 34 Olivier Sibony 4 Social norm nudging for sustainable consumption 56 John Thøgersen 5 Welfare now 70 Cass R. Sunstein PART II APPLICATIONS 6 Shifting online incentive structures to reduce polarization and the spread of misinformation 91 Steve Rathje and Sander van der Linden 7 Animal protection and information avoidance 109 Richard Völker and Sven Grüner 8 Behavioural interventions to improve financial wellbeing: a focus on budgeting 129 Dilip Soman and Yuna Choe 9 Nudging employees for corporate sustainability: a systematic evidence map 152 Leonie Decrinis and Lucia A. Reisch 10 Smart disclosure: promise and perils 174 Oren Bar-Gill PART III METHODS AND RESEARCH CHALLENGES 11 Nudges versus financial incentives 189 W. Kip Viscusi 12 Priceless behaviours: behavioural implications, unintended consequences and spillover effects of pricing policies 209 Mario Mazzocchi and Beatrice Biondi PART IV POLICYMAKING 13 Nudge+: putting citizens at the heart of behavioural public policy 227 Sanchayan Banerjee and Peter John 14 Addressing inequalities with behavioral science: a taxonomy of positive deviance 242 Kai Ruggeri and Valentina Cafarelli 15 Self-nudging and the citizen choice architect 263 Samuli Reijula and Ralph Hertwig PART V BATTLEFIELDS 16 Behavioural science: ethics, expertise and systemic risk 292 Liam Delaney, Atrina Oraee and Jet Sanders 17 The use and misuse of behavioural science in the age of COVID-19 308 Adam Oliver 18 Eight misconceptions about nudges 319 Cass R. Sunstein Index 329

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Book SynopsisTrade Review‘If you are looking for an engaging treatment by an economist of what optimal pandemic policy response should look like, and what common pitfalls to avoid, that brings to bear insights from epidemiology, economics, and behavioural economics, then I would highly recommend Nudged into Lockdown. Consider this your nudge.’ -- Jeremy Clark, Journal of Economic Psychology‘Nudged into Lockdown? forcefully addresses an important point that has too often gone missing in applied work on nudging and choice architecture: namely, that policy makers and experts, too, make systematic errors when interpreting data and may succumb to biased assessments of risk and uncertainty themselves. The book provides durable insights into how both orthodox benefit-cost analysis and key findings from the behavioural sciences – regarding trust, autonomy and pro-social adaptative responses in decentralised social systems – were sometimes overlooked or underutilised by those who designed covid-response policies.’ -- Nathan Berg, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics‘In responding to the novel coronavirus pandemic, most governments abandoned the existing scientific and policy consensus and mimicked one another to embrace lockdowns of varying stringency. Remarkably, hardly any seemed to produce cost–benefit analysis. Unremarkably, the cost–benefit balance varied between rich and poor countries. In this rigorous, multi-disciplinary examination, written in clearly accessible language, Ananish Chaudhuri explores the reasons for the herd-like behaviour by governments and for the public compliance with their edicts. A must-read for understanding what really happened with Covid-19 and why, and for being better prepared for the inevitable next pandemic.’ -- Ramesh Thakur, Director of the Centre for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (CNND), Crawford School, The Australian National University, Vice Rector and Senior Vice Rector of the United Nations University and Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations 1998–2007‘This book is at once scholarly and readily accessible to all. The case Chaudhuri makes is not for any specific policy response, but rather for rational and fully informed decisions – for epidemiology over ideology. If the careful logic and vivid illustrations here pry open enough minds, we will be far better prepared for the next great public health crisis than we were for Covid-19.’ -- David L. Katz, MD, MPH President, True Health Initiative and Founding Director, Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center, Yale University, US, 1998–2019‘Ananish Chaudhuri lays out the many irrationalities involved in the support for lockdowns in New Zealand and elsewhere: an inability to judge small probabilities, the problems with gut feelings, and many ex-post justification biases. Chaudhuri makes the argument carefully and yet manages to retain great humanism and compassion. A delight to read.’ -- Paul Frijters, Professor in Wellbeing Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK and co-author of An Economic Theory of Greed, Love, Groups, and Networks‘In response to the Covid pandemic, many countries adopted containment policies that did not condition on people’s health status or demographic characteristics. This timely and insightful book addresses the questions of what considerations led to those policies and whether those policies were well-informed. The book begins from the premise that the design of effective policy cannot be based solely on the insights of classic epidemiology models. The reason is both simple and sensible: those models don’t take into account behavioral responses of people to policies like containment. The author’s analysis is multidisciplinary in nature, blending economics, psychology, political science and epidemiology. The result is a rich and informative analysis. I highly recommend this well-written and timely book.’ -- Martin Eichenbaum, Charles Moskos Professor of Economics and Co-Director, Center for International Macroeconomics, Northwestern University, US‘This book is a very timely one for those, like me, who believe the democratic world’s lockdown response to the Covid virus will go down as the worst public policy response of the last few centuries. It is sceptical. It is interesting. It is Great Barrington over Chief Medical Officer. There is more to living and the good life than fear of dying of Covid. All the politicians who focused on that matrix, and ignored other causes of death as well as all the benefits of living in a free society, and more, should have to read this book.’ -- James Allan, Garrick Professor in Law, TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland, Australia‘In this book Ananish Chaudhuri achieves the impossible – he offers an easy-to-read book that delivers profound insights about our behavior which applies not just to pandemics, but to many other recurrent situations in our daily lives! A must-read for anyone that wants to make better decisions.’ -- Sudipta Sarangi, Professor and Chair, Department of Economics, Virginia Tech, US, Co-Editor, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization and author of The Economics of Small Things‘Careful comparison of costs and benefits is usually considered a hallmark of wise decision-making. Yet in 2020 many governments abandoned this standard as they tried to minimize deaths from Covid-19 regardless of cost. Traditional cost–benefit arguments were rebuked, by politicians who by nature rarely admit error, but also by ordinary folk affronted that someone would want to “kill granny”. This book draws insights from experimental economics, political science and psychology to show how various biases in decision-making processes contributed to this situation. Fifty years ago, Essence of Decision led a generation of scholars to examine models of government decision-making. Hopefully Ananish Chaudhuri’s lively book has a similar impact, for scholars, students and members of the public concerned about the retreat from rationality that is revealed by policy choices and public attitudes in the Covid-19 era.’ -- John Gibson, Professor of Economics, University of Waikato, New Zealand, Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand and Distinguished Fellow of the New Zealand Association of Economists‘This is an excellent book that nicely discusses cutting-edge applications in behavioural economics pertaining to the Covid-19 pandemic. It is thought-provoking and contains pioneering approaches that broaden the scope of behavioural research. Excellent writing style, making the content of the book accessible to a broad audience. Highly recommended!’ -- Michalis Drouvelis, Professor of Economics, University of Birmingham, UK and Co-ordinating Editor, Theory and Decision‘In New Zealand now it is hard to remember the shock of lockdown as a pandemic response. So much has happened. The virus has been kept at bay, so far. The predicted economic disaster has not happened – yet. Massive financial relief for businesses forcibly suspended and jobs at risk was followed by a rapid recovery when shops reopened. But Ananish Chaudhuri is by no means alone in thinking the country could pay a high and lingering price for its unprecedented lockdown, and that these costs, especially the human costs, should have been weighed against the risks the virus posed. His book uses fascinating behavioral studies of economic decision making and the psychology of popular risk assessment to question the merits of measures that New Zealand’s Government took and New Zealanders overwhelmingly accepted. They should read this book and wonder if these were questions they should have asked.’ -- John Roughan, Political Columnist, New Zealand HeraldTable of ContentsContents: 1. Prologue 2. Gut feelings: biases, heuristics and Covid-19 3. Pathogens and probabilities 4. Should we trust people to do the right thing? 5. Politics, pathogens and party lines 6. Irrational exuberance in the midst of Covid-19 7. Epilogue Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAddressing the enormous potential of interventions from medical and public health professionals to alter these patterns of human behavior over time, Introduction to Biosocial Medicine brings necessary depth and perspective to medical training and education.Trade Review... Introduction to Biosocial Medicine: The Social, Psychological, and Biological Determinants of Human Behavior and Well-Being is well positioned to be an informative and timely text and I would recommend the book for anyone-students, scholars, or layperson- aspiring to ascertain an understanding of the many factors influencing human behavior and well-being. Research on Social Work Practice ... a coherent, essential text for anyone teaching or practicing in the health sciences, including social work. ChoiceTable of ContentsPrefacePart I. Understanding Human BehaviorThe need to understand human behaviorWhat is behavior?Well-being and the consequences of behaviorThe impact of social inequality and social hierarchy on behaviorHow cultural context affects behaviorSocial group identity, status inequality, and behaviorMotivation as a key mediator of behaviorPersonality: Who we areNeural structure as a basis of behaviorCognition: How we think and what we knowHow social inequality and stressful childhood experiences impact cognition, behavior, and well- beingConnecting the causes of early adversity to well-being over the life course: Understanding the causal links and the interventions thathold the most promisePart II. Behavior and Well-BeingPhysical well-beingPhysical well-being beyond life expectancySocial well-beingSummaryPart III. Inequality and Well-BeingRacial and ethnic inequality in health in association with educational inequalityHow does inequality in access to medical care affect health inequality?The differing impact of low education and low income on the health of minority groupsThe origins and meanings of the concepts of race and ethnicity in the United StatesThe changing demographics of the population in theUnited StatesThe disparate impact of inequality on Hispanics and blacksSummaryPart IV. Society, Culture, and BehaviorThe impact of culture: The Cultural CycleDiffering perspectives on the nature of social structureThe role of culture ininfluencing personality and behaviorOther contexts in which independence and interdependence Clash!Acculturation: When people move across cultural boundariesThe role of social networks in affecting behaviorSummary

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Book Synopsis This book goes beyond the basics to teach readers advanced methods for conducting behavioral research on the Internet. Readers are shown, step by step, how to conduct online experiments, surveys, and ability testing, use advanced graphic tools, apply automatic text analysis tools, check the validity of protocols, and much more. The Internet is revolutionizing the way psychologists conduct behavioral research. Studies conducted online are not only less error-prone and labor-intensive but also rapidly reach large numbers of diverse participants at a fraction of the cost of traditional methods. In addition to improving the efficiency and accuracy of data collection, online studies provide automatic data storage and deliver immediate personalized feedback to research participants—a major incentive that can exponentially expand participant pools. Furthermore, behavioral researchers can also track data on online behavioral phenomena, including Instant Messaging Table of ContentsContributors I. Getting Started How to Use This Book —John A. Johnson and Samuel D. Gosling An Overview of Major Techniques of Web-Based Research —Michael H. Birnbaum II. Considerations When Designing Web Pages Design and Formatting in Internet-Based Research —Ulf-Dietrich Reips Using Graphics, Photographs, and Dynamic Media —John H. Krantz and John E. Williams Drag & Drop: A Flexible Method for Moving Objects, Implementing Rankings, and a Wide Range of Other Applications —Wolfgang Neubarth III. Studying Internet Behavior Collecting Data From Social Networking Web Sites and Blogs —Elizabeth Mazur Using Automated "Field Notes" to Observe the Behavior of Online Subjects —Sonja Utz Automatic Text Analysis —Matthias R. Mehl and Alastair J. Gill IV. Transporting Traditional Methodologies to the Web Internet-Based Ability Testing —Ulrich Schroeders, Oliver Wilhelm, and Stefan Schipolowski Web-Based Self-Report Personality Scales —John A. Johnson Online Collection of Informant Reports —Simine Vazire Conducting Online Surveys —Tracy L. Tuten Conducing True Experiments on the Web —Ulf-Dietrich Reips and John H. Krantz V. Cross-Cutting Issues Using Lotteries, Loyalty Points, and Other Incentives to Increase Participant Response and Completion —Anja S. Göritz Security and Data Protection: Collection, Storage, and Feedback in Internet Research —Olaf Thiele and Lars Kaczmirek Ethical Issues in Psychological Research on the Internet —Tom Buchanan and John E. Williams Index About the Editors

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Book SynopsisIn this concise guide, Cory F. Newman and Danielle A. Kaplan offer an evidence-based approach to supervising practitioners of cognitive–behavioral therapy that is based on two key concepts: feedback that focuses on both strengths and weaknesses; and demonstrations, such as role-playing exercises and videos of the supervisor’s work with clients, that model experiential knowledge. Using helpful case examples including excerpts from real supervision sessions with real clinicians-in-training, Newman and Kaplan show how trainees can learn to think like effective CBT practitioners, whether conceptualizing cases and matching interventions to the individual needs of each client, or exhibiting comprehensive and subtle understandings of cultural competency and professional ethics.Trade Review“Overall, through Supervision Essentials for Cognitive–Behavioral Therapy, Newman and Kaplan provide professionals with a comprehensive, useful, and approachable set of guidelines for developing their competencies as supervisors. The text is relevant for CBT researchers, clinicians, and teachers no matter the stage of their career, both for trainees beginning to develop CBS skills and seasoned supervisors wishing to stay up to date and fine-tune their approach. Further, learning about supervision techniques through books such as this may help supervisees self-advocate in order to gain more from their own CBS experiences.” —PsycCRITIQUESTable of ContentsForeword to the Clinical Supervision Essentials Series Acknowledgments Introduction Essential Dimensions/Key Principles Supervisory Methods/Techniques Structure and Process of Supervision Handling Special Supervisory Situations Supervisor Development and Self-Care Research Support for the Supervisory Approach and Future Directions Suggested Readings References Index About the Authors

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Book SynopsisThis book shows psychologists and other mental health providers how to assess and treat emotional and behavioral problems in classrooms, including those arising from autism diagnoses.Table of ContentsContributors Series ForewordMichelle M. Perfect Acknowledgments IntroductionSteven G. Little and Angeleque Akin-Little Part I: Foundations of Behavioral Interventions Chapter 1: Narrative Reports and Recordings for Behavioral Problem–Solving in SchoolsChristopher H. Skinner Chapter 2: School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports: A Systems-Level Application of Behavioral PrinciplesBrandi Simonsen and George Sugai Chapter 3: Classroom ManagementJoseph H. Wehby and Kathleen Lynne Lane Chapter 4: Reductive Procedures: Positive Approaches to Reducing the Incidence of Problem BehaviorSteven G. Little and Angeleque Akin-Little Chapter 5: Generalization and MaintenanceJamie L. Pratt, Garry D. Wickerd, and Mark W. Steege Chapter 6: Effect of Extrinsic Reinforcement on “Intrinsic” Motivation: Separating Fact From FictionAngeleque Akin-Little and Steven G. Little Chapter 7: Applied Behavior Analysis in Education: The Role of the Board Certified Behavior AnalystMark D. Shriver Chapter 8: Behavioral Interventions for Academic Performance: A Summary of the LiteratureRobin S. Codding, Kourtney R. Kromminga, and Kristin Running Chapter 9: Adults as Change Agents: Applications of Behavioral ConsultationWilliam P. Erchul, Ann C. Schulte, Austin H. Johnson, and Cathleen A. Geraghty Part II: Working With Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder Chapter 10: Autism Spectrum Disorder: Screening and DiagnosisSteven G. Little, Angeleque Akin-Little, and Geri M. Harris Chapter 11: Overview of Applied Behavior Analysis and Early Intervention for Autism Spectrum DisorderCaitlin Irwin and Judah B. Axe Chapter 12: Discrete Trial Training: A Structured Learning Approach for Children With ASDJeff Sigafoos, Amarie Carnett, Mark F. O’Reilly, and Giulio E. Lancioni Chapter 13: Classroom Pivotal Response TeachingRianne Verschuur, Bibi Huskens, and Laurie McLay Chapter 14: Verbal Behavior Intervention in Autism Spectrum DisordersElizabeth R. Lorah, Matt Tincani, and Ashley Parnell Chapter 15: Video-Based Interventions for Children With Autism Spectrum DisorderSteven G. Little, Lauretta K. Montes, John Spangler, and Angeleque Akin-Little Chapter 16: TEACCH and Other Structured Approaches to TeachingLaurie McLay, Sarah Hansen, and Amarie Carnett Part III: Cognitive Behavior Therapy Chapter 17: What Is Cognitive Behavior Therapy?Raymond DiGiuseppe, Rachel Venezia, and Roseanne Gotterbarn Chapter 18: Cognitive Behavior Therapy With ChildrenMark D. Terjesen, Tamara Del Vecchio, and Nora Gerardi Chapter 19: Application of Alternatives for Families: A Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to School SettingsCarrie B. Jackson, Laurel A. Brabson, Amy D. Herschell, and David J. Kolko Chapter 20: Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior TherapySteven G. Little and Angeleque Akin-Little Index About the Editors

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Book SynopsisThis book seeks to reflect the growing level of concern worldwide regarding the importance of ethical issues within the conduct of behavioral sciences research. Each chapter includes worldwide case studies of ethically controversial investigations which encourage students to more in-depth study.Trade Review"Kimmel provides a helpful overview of the historical and social contexts in which attention to human service ethics has long preceded attention to research ethics ... Appropriate for undergraduate and graduate students as well as faculty and professionals in social science programs." Choice "It is scholarly, fascinating, and very much up-to-date. I will certainly be using it in my teaching and in my research." Professor Robert Rosenthal, Harvard University "Faced with a daunting array of human subjects regulations and the expanding role of review boards, new investigators will find Kimmel's book an invaluable guide. Interspersed with a broad range of case studies, this book is both instructive and highly informative - a thoroughly captivating introduction to the ethics of research with human subjects in the 1990s and beyond." Professor Ralph L. Rosnow, Temple UniversityTable of ContentsList of Boxes. List of Tables. Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgments. 1. Introduction: Why Research Ethics?. 2. Ethical Principles in Behavioral Research: Professional and Governmental Guidelines. 3. Ethical Issues in the Conduct of Human Subject Research I: Laboratory Research. 4. Methodological Issues in the Use of Deception. 5. Ethical Issues in the Conduct of Human Subject Research II: Field Research. 6. Ethical Issues in the Conduct of Human Subject Research III: Applied Research. 7. Ethical Issues in the Recruitment and Selection of Research Subjects. 8. Ethical Issues in Research With Animals. 9. Ethical Review and the Communication of Results. Appendices. References. Indices.

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Book SynopsisThis book is a step-by-step guide for correctly applying Fishbein and Ajzen's theories which together form " . . the dominant conceptual framework for predicting, explaining, and changing human social behavior" (Ajzen, 2012). Evaluators and educational researchers, however, have often made less than optimal use of the theory of reasoned action, and the later theory of planned behavior,to understand, measure, and influence beliefs, attitudes, and behavior. This book is written expressly for investigators who are not trained in attitude theory and measurement. It provides examples from the fields of evaluation and educational research at each step, including many from the author's applications. This book offers clear conceptual and operational definitions of belief, attitude, behavior, and other variables that are components of the theories. Figures illustrate relations among the variables. One chapter critically reviews efforts to apply the theories in evaluation and educational research, using positive and negative examples. The author has 30 years' experience in evaluation and research, a doctorate in education, and training in attitude theory and measurement with Martin Fishbein. The author's dissertation study was the first successful application of the theory of reasoned action to the issue of participation in adult education, and prompted others in that field to apply the theory.Trade ReviewThis book is invaluable for anyone interested in understanding, evaluating, and changing behaviors I in education. It presents the theories of reasoned action and planned behavior in clear and precise terms. It provides educational researchers and evaluators with the toolsthey need to pursue an understanding and assessment of attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors.""- David Fetterman, President and CEO, Fetterman & Associates, San Jose, CA;""Although student and teacher attitudes are an area of intensive study in STEM and other educational fields, many studies lack a rigoroustheoretical approach. Pryor's new book offers a lucid account of the theory of reasoned action and its application to studies of attitudes, intentions, and behaviors in educational settings. The ideas have transformed my own approach to studying the impact of our STEM interventions on pre-service teacher attitudes and their future intentions for their own classroom. I think this volume is a 'must-read' or STEM education researchers and practitioners.""- Sharon Locke, Director, Center for STEM Research, Education, and Outreach, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville;""Educators are often concerned with the beliefs, attitudes, and behavior of students, teachers, administrators, school board members, policy makers, or even voters. However, most educational researchers, are not trained in attitude theory and measurement. This book is written expressly for these evaluators and researchers to help them properly measure, understand, and influence attitudes. The book guides one, step by step, through Fishbein and Ajzen's theory. With a focus on practitioners, it has many examples and figures to help people understand this theory and apply it to their work.""- Joe O'Reilly, Director, Decision Center for Educational Excellence, Arizona State UniversityTable of Contents Preface. CHAPTER 1: A Theory of Reasoned Action: Variables and the Relations Among Them. CHAPTER 2: Formation and Change of Behavioral Intention. CHAPTER 3: Application of the Theory: Preliminary Stage. CHAPTER 4: Application of the Theory: Final Stage. CHAPTER 5: Reporting and Applying the Results of Your Study. CHAPTER 6: Misapplications in Evaluation and Educational Research. Appendix. References. Acknowledgments. About the Author

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Book SynopsisThis book is a step-by-step guide for correctly applying Fishbein and Ajzen's theories which together form " . . the dominant conceptual framework for predicting, explaining, and changing human social behavior" (Ajzen, 2012). Evaluators and educational researchers, however, have often made less than optimal use of the theory of reasoned action, and the later theory of planned behavior,to understand, measure, and influence beliefs, attitudes, and behavior. This book is written expressly for investigators who are not trained in attitude theory and measurement. It provides examples from the fields of evaluation and educational research at each step, including many from the author's applications. This book offers clear conceptual and operational definitions of belief, attitude, behavior, and other variables that are components of the theories. Figures illustrate relations among the variables. One chapter critically reviews efforts to apply the theories in evaluation and educational research, using positive and negative examples. The author has 30 years' experience in evaluation and research, a doctorate in education, and training in attitude theory and measurement with Martin Fishbein. The author's dissertation study was the first successful application of the theory of reasoned action to the issue of participation in adult education, and prompted others in that field to apply the theory.Trade ReviewThis book is invaluable for anyone interested in understanding, evaluating, and changing behaviors I in education. It presents the theories of reasoned action and planned behavior in clear and precise terms. It provides educational researchers and evaluators with the toolsthey need to pursue an understanding and assessment of attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors.""- David Fetterman, President and CEO, Fetterman & Associates, San Jose, CA;""Although student and teacher attitudes are an area of intensive study in STEM and other educational fields, many studies lack a rigoroustheoretical approach. Pryor's new book offers a lucid account of the theory of reasoned action and its application to studies of attitudes, intentions, and behaviors in educational settings. The ideas have transformed my own approach to studying the impact of our STEM interventions on pre-service teacher attitudes and their future intentions for their own classroom. I think this volume is a 'must-read' or STEM education researchers and practitioners.""- Sharon Locke, Director, Center for STEM Research, Education, and Outreach, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville;""Educators are often concerned with the beliefs, attitudes, and behavior of students, teachers, administrators, school board members, policy makers, or even voters. However, most educational researchers, are not trained in attitude theory and measurement. This book is written expressly for these evaluators and researchers to help them properly measure, understand, and influence attitudes. The book guides one, step by step, through Fishbein and Ajzen's theory. With a focus on practitioners, it has many examples and figures to help people understand this theory and apply it to their work.""- Joe O'Reilly, Director, Decision Center for Educational Excellence, Arizona State UniversityTable of Contents Preface. CHAPTER 1: A Theory of Reasoned Action: Variables and the Relations Among Them. CHAPTER 2: Formation and Change of Behavioral Intention. CHAPTER 3: Application of the Theory: Preliminary Stage. CHAPTER 4: Application of the Theory: Final Stage. CHAPTER 5: Reporting and Applying the Results of Your Study. CHAPTER 6: Misapplications in Evaluation and Educational Research. Appendix. References. Acknowledgments. About the Author

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Book SynopsisIvan P. Pavlov was a pioneering Russian physiologist whose influence on Russian psychology was politically emphasized in 1930s to 1950s. He was a brilliant experimenter who received 1904 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the digestive system. Less is known about his epistemology of generalization that made it possible to study one individual for the sake of obtaining generalized knowledge. In this volume we analyze the major contributions of Pavlov from the standpoint of idiographic science, and demonstrate how generalizations in science are possible from single specimens.

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Book SynopsisIvan P. Pavlov was a pioneering Russian physiologist whose influence on Russian psychology was politically emphasized in 1930s to 1950s. He was a brilliant experimenter who received 1904 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the digestive system. Less is known about his epistemology of generalization that made it possible to study one individual for the sake of obtaining generalized knowledge. In this volume we analyze the major contributions of Pavlov from the standpoint of idiographic science, and demonstrate how generalizations in science are possible from single specimens.

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Book SynopsisHow are behavioral scientists increasingly involved to advise global decision-makers in the United Nations and elsewhere?" In 2020, the Psychology Coalition at the United Nations (PCUN) launched a bold new series of books, describing how evidencebased behavioral research is increasingly used by United Nations and other decision-makers, to address global issues. These issues reflect the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030—such as health, poverty, education, peace, gender equality, and climate change. This PCUN volume brings together 34 experts in 14 concise chapters, to focus on diverse issues in mental, spiritual, and social health (detailed below). The chapters are co-authored by leading global experts as well as "rising star" students from many nations-offering readers a concise overview of each topic, a glossary of key terms, study questions, and bibliography. This volume is suitable as a textbook for diverse courses in psychology, social work, cross-cultural and international studies.Trade ReviewBehavioral Science in the Global Arena" is a milestone in the forging of a global psychologist mental health network, able to offer the United Nations solutionsto its quest." — Niels Peter Rygaard, CEO at www.fairstartfoundation.com, and recipient of the 2020 APA International Humanitarian Award"This volume provides students and professionals committed to international work insights on theoretical frameworks, policy implications and best practices using evidence-based approaches."— Barbara W. Shank, Dean and Professor Emerita, University of St. Thomas and Secretary, International Association of Schools of Social WorkTable of Contents Foreword, Leslie Popoff. Preface, Elaine Congress and Harold Takooshian. PART I: MENTAL HEALTH. Global Mental Health: Collaborating for Sustainable Development and Well-Being, Kelly O'Donnell, Julian Eaton, and Michèle Lewis O'Donnell. Mental Health: COVID-19, Stress, and Coping, Charlene Minaya and Dean R. McKay. Suicide Prevention: Global Trends, Ani Kalayjian and Amna Khan. Mental Health in the Workplace, Priyadharshany Sandanapitchai, Walter Reichman, and Mathian Osicki. International Day of Happiness at the UN, and the COVID-19 Crisis, T. Hamid Al-Bayati and Frances B. Biroc. PART II: SPIRITUAL HEALTH. Spiritual Health for Christians and Jews: Seeking God, Daniel LeBlanc, Shenae C. Osborn, and Odetta A. Saul. Spiritual Health in Muslim Communities: Striving for Taqwa, Sameena V. Azhar and Rayamar Alarshi. Spiritual Health in Hindu Communities: In Pursuit of Moksha, Sameena V. Azhar and Sanhaya Soi. PART III: INTERPERSONAL HEALTH. Overcoming Prejudice and Discrimination Through Resilience of Indigenous Peoples, Hilary N. Weaver. Racism and Mental Health: An Overview, Anne Williams Isom and Odetta A. Saul. Violence Against Women and Girls Across the Lifespan, Marciana L. Popescu, Patricia Brownell, and Tamara Pyatetskaya. Promoting Prosocial Behavior Through "Everyday Heroism:" The Heroic Imagination Project, Elaine H. Olaoye, Philip G. Zimbardo, and Zsuzsanna M. Feher. Caring Justice World-Wide: Co-Creating Compassionate, Safe, and Healthy Communities, Tina Maschi, Smita Dewan, Sandra Turner, Adriana Kaye, Annette Hintenach, and Sarah Malis. Mediation: The Changing Global Landscape, Maria R. Volpe. Concluding Remarks, Dalton Meister. Contributors.

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Book SynopsisHow are behavioral scientists increasingly involved to advise global decision-makers in the United Nations and elsewhere?" In 2020, the Psychology Coalition at the United Nations (PCUN) launched a bold new series of books, describing how evidencebased behavioral research is increasingly used by United Nations and other decision-makers, to address global issues. These issues reflect the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030—such as health, poverty, education, peace, gender equality, and climate change. This PCUN volume brings together 34 experts in 14 concise chapters, to focus on diverse issues in mental, spiritual, and social health (detailed below). The chapters are co-authored by leading global experts as well as "rising star" students from many nations-offering readers a concise overview of each topic, a glossary of key terms, study questions, and bibliography. This volume is suitable as a textbook for diverse courses in psychology, social work, cross-cultural and international studies.Trade ReviewBehavioral Science in the Global Arena" is a milestone in the forging of a global psychologist mental health network, able to offer the United Nations solutionsto its quest." — Niels Peter Rygaard, CEO at www.fairstartfoundation.com, and recipient of the 2020 APA International Humanitarian Award"This volume provides students and professionals committed to international work insights on theoretical frameworks, policy implications and best practices using evidence-based approaches."— Barbara W. Shank, Dean and Professor Emerita, University of St. Thomas and Secretary, International Association of Schools of Social WorkTable of Contents Foreword, Leslie Popoff. Preface, Elaine Congress and Harold Takooshian. PART I: MENTAL HEALTH. Global Mental Health: Collaborating for Sustainable Development and Well-Being, Kelly O'Donnell, Julian Eaton, and Michèle Lewis O'Donnell. Mental Health: COVID-19, Stress, and Coping, Charlene Minaya and Dean R. McKay. Suicide Prevention: Global Trends, Ani Kalayjian and Amna Khan. Mental Health in the Workplace, Priyadharshany Sandanapitchai, Walter Reichman, and Mathian Osicki. International Day of Happiness at the UN, and the COVID-19 Crisis, T. Hamid Al-Bayati and Frances B. Biroc. PART II: SPIRITUAL HEALTH. Spiritual Health for Christians and Jews: Seeking God, Daniel LeBlanc, Shenae C. Osborn, and Odetta A. Saul. Spiritual Health in Muslim Communities: Striving for Taqwa, Sameena V. Azhar and Rayamar Alarshi. Spiritual Health in Hindu Communities: In Pursuit of Moksha, Sameena V. Azhar and Sanhaya Soi. PART III: INTERPERSONAL HEALTH. Overcoming Prejudice and Discrimination Through Resilience of Indigenous Peoples, Hilary N. Weaver. Racism and Mental Health: An Overview, Anne Williams Isom and Odetta A. Saul. Violence Against Women and Girls Across the Lifespan, Marciana L. Popescu, Patricia Brownell, and Tamara Pyatetskaya. Promoting Prosocial Behavior Through "Everyday Heroism:" The Heroic Imagination Project, Elaine H. Olaoye, Philip G. Zimbardo, and Zsuzsanna M. Feher. Caring Justice World-Wide: Co-Creating Compassionate, Safe, and Healthy Communities, Tina Maschi, Smita Dewan, Sandra Turner, Adriana Kaye, Annette Hintenach, and Sarah Malis. Mediation: The Changing Global Landscape, Maria R. Volpe. Concluding Remarks, Dalton Meister. Contributors.

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Book SynopsisBehavioral strategy continues to attract increasing research interest within the broader field of strategic management. Research in behavioral strategy has clear scope for development in tandem with such traditional streams of strategy research that involve economics, markets, resources, and technology. The key roles of psychology, organizational behavior, and behavioral decision making in the theory and practice of strategy have yet to be comprehensively grasped. Given that strategic thinking and strategic decision making are importantly concerned with human cognition, human decisions, and human behavior, it makes eminent sense to bring some balance in the strategy field by complementing the extant emphasis on the “objective’ economics-based view with substantive attention to the “subjective” individual-oriented perspective. This calls for more focused inquiries into the role and nature of the individual strategy actors, and their cognitions and behaviors, in the strategy research enterprise. For the purposes of this book series, behavioral strategy would be broadly construed as covering all aspects of the role of the strategy maker in the entire strategy field. The scholarship relating to behavioral strategy is widely believed to be dispersed in diverse literatures. These existing contributions that relate to behavioral strategy within the overall field of strategy has been known and perhaps valued by most scholars all along, but were not adequately appreciated or brought together as a coherent sub-field or as a distinct perspective of strategy. This book series on Research in Behavioral Strategyi will cover the essential progress made thus far in this admittedly fragmented literature and elaborate upon fruitful streams of scholarship. More importantly, the book series will focus on providing a robust and comprehensive forum for the growing scholarship in behavioral strategy. In particular, the volumes in the series will cover new views of interdisciplinary theoretical frameworks and models (dealing with all behavioral aspects), significant practical problems of strategy formulation, implementation, and evaluation, and emerging areas of inquiry. The series will also include comprehensive empirical studies of selected segments of business, economic, industrial, government, and non-profit activities with potential for wider application of behavioral strategy. Through the ongoing release of focused topical titles, this book series will seek to disseminate theoretical insights and practical management information that will enable interested professionals to gain a rigorous and comprehensive understanding of the subject of behavioral strategy.Decision Making in Behavioral Strategy contains contributions by leading scholars in the field of behavioral strategy research. The 10 chapters in this volume cover a number of significant issues relating to the decision making processes, practices, and perspectives in the field of behavioral strategy, covering diverse topics such as failures in acquisitions, entrepreneurs under ambiguity, metacognition, neural correlates of emotion, knowledge flows, behavioral responses, business modeling, and alliance capability. The chapters include empirical as well as conceptual treatments of the selected topics, and collectively present a wide-ranging review of the noteworthy research perspectives on decision making in behavioral strategy.

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Book SynopsisBehavioral strategy continues to attract increasing research interest within the broader field of strategic management. Research in behavioral strategy has clear scope for development in tandem with such traditional streams of strategy research that involve economics, markets, resources, and technology. The key roles of psychology, organizational behavior, and behavioral decision making in the theory and practice of strategy have yet to be comprehensively grasped. Given that strategic thinking and strategic decision making are importantly concerned with human cognition, human decisions, and human behavior, it makes eminent sense to bring some balance in the strategy field by complementing the extant emphasis on the “objective’ economics-based view with substantive attention to the “subjective” individual-oriented perspective. This calls for more focused inquiries into the role and nature of the individual strategy actors, and their cognitions and behaviors, in the strategy research enterprise. For the purposes of this book series, behavioral strategy would be broadly construed as covering all aspects of the role of the strategy maker in the entire strategy field. The scholarship relating to behavioral strategy is widely believed to be dispersed in diverse literatures. These existing contributions that relate to behavioral strategy within the overall field of strategy has been known and perhaps valued by most scholars all along, but were not adequately appreciated or brought together as a coherent sub-field or as a distinct perspective of strategy. This book series on Research in Behavioral Strategyi will cover the essential progress made thus far in this admittedly fragmented literature and elaborate upon fruitful streams of scholarship. More importantly, the book series will focus on providing a robust and comprehensive forum for the growing scholarship in behavioral strategy. In particular, the volumes in the series will cover new views of interdisciplinary theoretical frameworks and models (dealing with all behavioral aspects), significant practical problems of strategy formulation, implementation, and evaluation, and emerging areas of inquiry. The series will also include comprehensive empirical studies of selected segments of business, economic, industrial, government, and non-profit activities with potential for wider application of behavioral strategy. Through the ongoing release of focused topical titles, this book series will seek to disseminate theoretical insights and practical management information that will enable interested professionals to gain a rigorous and comprehensive understanding of the subject of behavioral strategy.Decision Making in Behavioral Strategy contains contributions by leading scholars in the field of behavioral strategy research. The 10 chapters in this volume cover a number of significant issues relating to the decision making processes, practices, and perspectives in the field of behavioral strategy, covering diverse topics such as failures in acquisitions, entrepreneurs under ambiguity, metacognition, neural correlates of emotion, knowledge flows, behavioral responses, business modeling, and alliance capability. The chapters include empirical as well as conceptual treatments of the selected topics, and collectively present a wide-ranging review of the noteworthy research perspectives on decision making in behavioral strategy.

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Book SynopsisBehavioural change has become a core issue of public policy in recent years. This comprehensive Handbook takes a multidisciplinary approach to examine the relationship between the two, exploring the ever-increasing analysis of behavioural change and the importance of 'nudge' in terms of public policy. Uniting interdisciplinary scholarship, Holger Straßheim and Silke Beck have drawn together a wide variety of perspectives, allowing for the legal, political, economic and social aspects of behavioural change and public policy to be explored. Contributions by renowned experts critically assess the theories and conceptual developments from early experiments to recent strategies of behavioural public policy. Chapters also cover the proliferation and professionalization of these strategies in Europe and beyond, the application of behavioural insights and instruments across areas including health, sustainability, employment, pensions, development and taxation, and the normative ideas and political consequences of knowing and governing behaviour.Political science and public policy scholars will find the inclusion of both critical and theory-driven research a vital tool, while policy-makers will appreciate the practical suggestions included in this Handbook.Contributors include: A. Alemanno, C. Berndt, B. Bornemann, S. Botzem, P. Burger, E. Ciriolo, A.-M. Farrell, J. Feitsma, R. Graf, P. Guldborg Hansen, F. Hörisch, M. Howlett, R. Jones, F. Lebaron, L. Leone, R. Lepenies, K. Loer, M. Malecka, J. Pykett, M. Quigley, S. Rafael Almeida, S. Rawat, T. Schillemans, J. Sousa Lourenço, H. Straßheim, C.R. Sunstein, M. Tallacchini, J. Tosun, R. Tyers, A. van Aaken, R.K. Weaver, M.D. White, M. Whitehead, P.W. ZuidhofTrade Review'This Handbook makes an important contribution to the study of behavioural public policy. It include a wide range of perspectives that can truly been seen as interdisciplinary, the scholar and student will find many riches here.' --Peter John, King's College London, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction to the Handbook of Behavioural Change and Public Policy Holger Straßheim and Silke Beck PART I KNOWING AND CHANGING BEHAVIOUR: THE CO-EVOLVEMENT OF BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE AND BEHAVIOURAL PUBLIC POLICY 2. Nudging before the nudge? Behavioural traffic safety regulation and the rise of behavioural economics Rüdiger Graf 3. Economic expertise and public policy Frédéric Lebaron 4. A bibliometric analysis of behavioural studies in economics and public policy journals Stuti Rawat 5. The concepts of nudge and nudging in behavioural public policy Pelle Guldborg Hansen 6. Behavioural considerations in public policy: matching policy tools and their targets Michael Howlett PART II NUDGING AROUND THE WORLD: PROLIFERATION AND PROFESSIONALIZATION 7. Nudging around the world: a critical geography of the behaviour change agenda Mark Whitehead, Rhys Jones and Jessica Pykett 8. The application of behavioural insights to policy in Europe Emanuele Ciriolo, Joana Sousa Louren.o and Sara Rafael Almeida 9. Behaviour experts in government: from newcomers to professionals? Joram Feitsma and Thomas Schillemans 10. Nudge and the European Union Alberto Alemanno 11. Nudging citizens’ knowledge in knowledge-based EU: the case of breast cancer screening programmes and participatory rights in choice architectures Luca Leone and Mariachiara Tallacchini 12. Behaviouralizing Europe: behavioural economics enters EU policy-making P.W. (Peter-Wim) Zuidhof PART III BEHAVIOURAL INSIGHTS AND INSTRUMENTS IN POLICY-MAKING 13. The enzymatic effect of behavioural sciences: what about policy-makers’ expectations? Kathrin Loer 14. The politics of nudge and framing behaviour change in health Muireann Quigley and Anne-Maree Farrell 15. Nudging to sustainability? Critical reflections on nudging from a theoretically informed sustainability perspective Basil Bornemann and Paul Burger 16. Encouraging longer working lives: a behavioural perspective R. Kent Weaver 17. Behavioural economics and development policy Christian Berndt 18. Steering the behaviour of young people: the EU’s policy approach to promote employment Jale Tosun and Felix Hörisch 19. The governance of behavioural taxation: moralization and the new modes of tax collection Sebastian Botzem PART IV THE GOVERNANCE OF BEHAVIOUR: NORMATIVE IDEALS, CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES AND POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES 20. Which nudges do people like? A national survey Cass R. Sunstein 21. Constitutional limits to regulation-by-nudging Anne van Aaken 22. Nudging: ethical and political dimensions of choice architectures Mark D. White 23. Macro libertarianism and micro paternalism: governance in an age of nudging Roger Tyers 24. Behaviour change: extralegal, apolitical, scientistic? Robert Lepenies and Magdalena Małecka Index

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Book SynopsisBehavioural public policies, or nudges, have become increasingly popular in recent years, with governments keen to use light-touch interventions to improve the success of their public policies. In this unique book, Peter John explores nudges, their successes and limitations, and sets out a bold manifesto for the future of behavioural public policy.This book traces the beginnings of nudge in behavioural economics and tracks the adoption of its core ideas by policy-makers, providing examples of successful applications. By considering the question ?how far to nudge??, John reviews why it is crucial for governments to address citizen behaviours, and reviews the criticisms of nudge and its ethical limitations. Looking to its future, this book proposes the adoption of a radical version of nudge, nudge plus, involving increased feedback and more engagement with citizens.How Far to Nudge? will be a vital text for students of behavioural public policy and policy analysis, as well as for anyone looking for an introduction to nudge policy and an explanation for its growth in popularity.Trade Review‘In How Far to Nudge Peter John has written an outstanding introduction to the large and growing field of behavioural public policy.’ -- Peter Wells, People, Place and Policy‘How Far to Nudge? is an excellent book on the development of BE since infancy. John has great skill in conveying complex ideas with efficiency and simplicity. He makes interesting what a lesser writer would make tedious, and he provides us with innovative insights to the development of the area.’ -- Stephen Weir, Administration‘John’s book is not just a very useful discussion of the current state of play of behavioural insights in government. It challenges the nudge movement to develop more ambition and to be open to critical questions. The book does so by raising questions about practices, ethical concerns, policy implications and political prerequisites. How Far to Nudge? offers a valuable and reflective corrective to the often highly advocative nature of nudge-related publications.’ -- Martin Lodge, Wiley‘Overall this is a fascinating and thoughtful reflection on the important story of ‘nudge’ to date, and ways it could change to have wider and more lasting impacts. For practitioners, it offers an easy introduction to the theory behind nudge and the history to date. And a challenge on applying this thinking to a much wider range of public policy issues at local level.’ -- Jason Lowther, Local Government Studies‘Peter John’s How Far to Nudge? provides a thoughtful, insightful and original take on the behavioral science revolution in public policy and administration. The book serves as a helpful resource for those looking for an overview of the current status of nudge in government, and it would provide a useful text for graduate courses that include a focus on behavioral public policy and administration. And yet the book is thought-provoking for those already familiar with the topic as well because, having worked extensively at applying nudge tactics in government and having read widely in the behavioral sciences, John is able to provide a uniquely informed perspective on the practices, limitations, ethics, and political implications of the behavioral turn in public policy and public administration as this approach assumes an increasingly prominent role in governments around the world.’ -- Gregg G. Van Ryzin, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory'There are few people better placed to capture the complex interactions between behavioural science and public policy research than Peter John. This timely book will help both academics and policy-makers understand better the scientific, ethical, and practical issues arising from the continuing growth of behavioural public policy applications.' --Liam Delaney, University College Dublin, UK'Peter John is a relatively rare breed - a political scientist working in the burgeoning field of behavioural public policy. In this new book, he takes the reader on a journey, in discussing how the field has developed, its limitations and the ethical challenges that it faces. Ultimately, John reveals himself to be a strong proponent of a principal aspect of behavioural public policy - i.e. so-called nudges - and yet, interestingly, advocates for nudges to be supplemented by approaches that encourage deliberative consideration by those targeted for behaviour change. This, he defines, as nudge plus.' --Adam Oliver, The London School of Economics and Political Science, UK'This is an important book on how governments and others can affect the behavioural habits fundamental to addressing many contemporary policy challenges. Particularly valuable is the argument that nudge involves not just choice architecture and social messaging but a reform of political institutions and bureaucracies. The promotion of self-reinforcing and beneficial behaviours, including by an ''agent-centred'' version of nudge, is expertly illustrated through a range of cases from Professor John and others' research. Overall, the book makes a powerful case for ''nudge plus'' as a more open, reflective and decentralised form of nudging.' --Oliver James, University of Exeter, UKTable of ContentsContents 1. Introduction 2. Behavioural Public Problems 3. The Behavioural Revolution in the Social Sciences 4. Nudge: All Tools are Informational Now 5. Translating Nudge into Practice: Routes to Innovation 6. Is Nudge All It’s Cracked Up to Be? Limitations and Criticisms 7. The Ethics of Nudge 8. Nudge Plus and How To Get There 9. Assessing Behavioural Public Policy References Index

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Book SynopsisBehavioural public policies, or nudges, have become increasingly popular in recent years, with governments keen to use light-touch interventions to improve the success of their public policies. In this unique book, Peter John explores nudges, their successes and limitations, and sets out a bold manifesto for the future of behavioural public policy.This book traces the beginnings of nudge in behavioural economics and tracks the adoption of its core ideas by policy-makers, providing examples of successful applications. By considering the question ?how far to nudge??, John reviews why it is crucial for governments to address citizen behaviours, and reviews the criticisms of nudge and its ethical limitations. Looking to its future, this book proposes the adoption of a radical version of nudge, nudge plus, involving increased feedback and more engagement with citizens.How Far to Nudge? will be a vital text for students of behavioural public policy and policy analysis, as well as for anyone looking for an introduction to nudge policy and an explanation for its growth in popularity.Trade Review‘In How Far to Nudge Peter John has written an outstanding introduction to the large and growing field of behavioural public policy.’ -- Peter Wells, People, Place and Policy‘How Far to Nudge? is an excellent book on the development of BE since infancy. John has great skill in conveying complex ideas with efficiency and simplicity. He makes interesting what a lesser writer would make tedious, and he provides us with innovative insights to the development of the area.’ -- Stephen Weir, Administration‘John’s book is not just a very useful discussion of the current state of play of behavioural insights in government. It challenges the nudge movement to develop more ambition and to be open to critical questions. The book does so by raising questions about practices, ethical concerns, policy implications and political prerequisites. How Far to Nudge? offers a valuable and reflective corrective to the often highly advocative nature of nudge-related publications.’ -- Martin Lodge, Wiley‘Overall this is a fascinating and thoughtful reflection on the important story of ‘nudge’ to date, and ways it could change to have wider and more lasting impacts. For practitioners, it offers an easy introduction to the theory behind nudge and the history to date. And a challenge on applying this thinking to a much wider range of public policy issues at local level.’ -- Jason Lowther, Local Government Studies‘Peter John’s How Far to Nudge? provides a thoughtful, insightful and original take on the behavioral science revolution in public policy and administration. The book serves as a helpful resource for those looking for an overview of the current status of nudge in government, and it would provide a useful text for graduate courses that include a focus on behavioral public policy and administration. And yet the book is thought-provoking for those already familiar with the topic as well because, having worked extensively at applying nudge tactics in government and having read widely in the behavioral sciences, John is able to provide a uniquely informed perspective on the practices, limitations, ethics, and political implications of the behavioral turn in public policy and public administration as this approach assumes an increasingly prominent role in governments around the world.’ -- Gregg G. Van Ryzin, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory'There are few people better placed to capture the complex interactions between behavioural science and public policy research than Peter John. This timely book will help both academics and policy-makers understand better the scientific, ethical, and practical issues arising from the continuing growth of behavioural public policy applications.' --Liam Delaney, University College Dublin, UK'Peter John is a relatively rare breed - a political scientist working in the burgeoning field of behavioural public policy. In this new book, he takes the reader on a journey, in discussing how the field has developed, its limitations and the ethical challenges that it faces. Ultimately, John reveals himself to be a strong proponent of a principal aspect of behavioural public policy - i.e. so-called nudges - and yet, interestingly, advocates for nudges to be supplemented by approaches that encourage deliberative consideration by those targeted for behaviour change. This, he defines, as nudge plus.' --Adam Oliver, The London School of Economics and Political Science, UK'This is an important book on how governments and others can affect the behavioural habits fundamental to addressing many contemporary policy challenges. Particularly valuable is the argument that nudge involves not just choice architecture and social messaging but a reform of political institutions and bureaucracies. The promotion of self-reinforcing and beneficial behaviours, including by an ''agent-centred'' version of nudge, is expertly illustrated through a range of cases from Professor John and others' research. Overall, the book makes a powerful case for ''nudge plus'' as a more open, reflective and decentralised form of nudging.' --Oliver James, University of Exeter, UKTable of ContentsContents 1. Introduction 2. Behavioural Public Problems 3. The Behavioural Revolution in the Social Sciences 4. Nudge: All Tools are Informational Now 5. Translating Nudge into Practice: Routes to Innovation 6. Is Nudge All It’s Cracked Up to Be? Limitations and Criticisms 7. The Ethics of Nudge 8. Nudge Plus and How To Get There 9. Assessing Behavioural Public Policy References Index

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Book Synopsis'Tourist Behaviour: The Essential Companion edited by Philip L. Pearce is an indispensable resource for courses on consumer behaviour in tourism and for all serious scholars in the field. The structure of the book is unique in following the entire consumer journey from ''dreaming and longing'' to ''returning home''. Pearce, the preeminent scholar and author on tourist behaviour, has produced another brilliant work together with an impressive list of contributing authors.' - Alastair Morrison, Purdue University, US Comprehensive and accessible, this Companion offers a thorough investigation into both traditional and fresh topics in tourist behaviour and experience. Arranged chronologically, the chapters examine tourist experience from the very idea of a tourist visit to the aftermath of returning home. With contributions from leading experts and emerging scholars across the globe, this Companion establishes the importance of studying tourist behaviour. Innovative topics including packing and preparation, dreaming and longing for trips, and memory are explored in detail. The book incorporates a selection of illustrative key case studies to ensure that it is highly accessible and readable to a range of audiences, while ensuring academic rigour. It examines both positive and negative impacts of the tourist experience on tourists themselves and the communities and environments they visit. The concluding chapter includes a vision for how tourism and sustainable development goals can be integrated to maximise the benefits of tourist behaviour and experience. Students and researchers of tourism and sustainability will greatly benefit from the research directions and suggestions indicated in each chapter of the book. This timely Companion will also prove to be a valuable resource for stakeholders looking to improve and expand upon the tourist experience.Trade Review'We're often told that travel broadens the mind. If that were ever in doubt, we can be certain that this superb volume will broaden, as well as deepen, our understanding of tourism!' --From the Foreword by Peter Collett, University of Oxford, UK'A sound understanding of tourist behavior is fundamental to maximizing the benefits of tourism for all stakeholders. The substantial benefit of this text is that it explores tourist behavior from diverse perspectives, not just the marketing perspective that is the sole focus of so many other texts.' --Leo Jago, University of Surrey, UK'The opening chapter - are tourists interesting? - demands and merits the reader's attention. Pearce's splendid narrative structure then propels readers on a fascinating journey, prompting reflection and then insight. The momentum continues unabated into the final chapter - searching for what is important. This is truly artful scholarship - an invaluable contribution.' --Brian King, the Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityTable of ContentsContents: 1. Are tourists interesting? Philip L. Pearce 2. Dreaming and longing Philip L. Pearce 3. Deciding and Choosing Anja Hergesell, Larry Dwyer and Deborah Edwards 4. Packing and Preparing Chiemi Yagi and John R. Pearce 5. Getting around Mao-Ying Wu and Philip L. Pearce 6. Communicating and Interacting Ingvild H. Blomstervik and Nina K. Prebensen 7. Sleeping and Staying Hera Oktadiana 8. Consuming food and drinks C. Michael Hall 9. Co-creating good times Hyelin (Lina) Kim, Zihui Ma and Muzaffer Uysal 10. Browsing and Shopping Antonia Correia and Metin Kozak 11. Taking photographs Philip L. Pearce 12. Interacting with wild animals Erik Cohen 13. Visiting Attractions Junjie Wen 14. Joining the crowd Jillian M. Rickly 15. Behaving badly Philip L. Pearce 16. Behaving altruistically Stephen Wearing, Matthew McDonald,Truc Ha Thanh Nguyen and Joshua D. Bernstein 17. Remembering Samira Zare 18. Well-being Abbas Alizadeh and Sebastian Filep 19. Returning Home Anja Pabel 20. Searching … for what is important Daniel R. Fesenmaier and Philip L. Pearce Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely Handbook provides a state-of-the-art overview of research on changing behaviour to become less environmentally harmful. Exploring how well-designed, contextually appropriate behaviour change interventions can work, it charts a path for future research that challenges traditional assumptions to maximise pro-environmental impact.Drawing together work from diverse perspectives and disciplines, this Handbook makes six key recommendations for anyone working towards a more sustainable society. Giving a critical perspective on existing ways of thinking about research and policy, leading global scholars examine behavioural change in the public and private sphere. Through empirical analysis and theoretical reflection, they review key success stories and identify where new ideas and approaches are needed. Chapters discuss cutting-edge issues including citizen science, effectiveness of behavioural interventions, norm nudges, public participation in climate policy, and children’s pro-environmentalism. The Handbook on Pro-Environmental Behaviour Change will be an invaluable resource for researchers and students of sustainability, social psychology, cultural and human geography, environmental governance, and natural resource management. It will also prove an essential guide for practitioners and activists seeking evidence-based strategies to induce change.Table of ContentsContents: PART I INTRODUCTION Introduction to the Handbook on Pro-Environmental Behaviour Change 2 Birgitta Gatersleben and Niamh Murtagh PART II STATE OF THE ART 1 Why do some behaviour change interventions not work as well as expected? 16 Wojke Abrahamse 2 Intrinsic motivation to act pro-environmentally 28 Linda Steg 3 Evaluating the effectiveness of pro-environmental behaviour change interventions: a review of reviews 38 Birgitta Gatersleben, George Murrell and Judith Geusen 4 One thing leads to another? Pro-environmental behavioural spillover 63 Nicholas Nash and Lorraine Whitmarsh 5 Experiences in nature and children’s pro-environmentalism 78 Silvia Collado and Gary W. Evans 6 Norm nudges in neighbourhoods: when do they work and why? 96 Tabea Hoffmann, Ward Rauws, Gregg Sparkman and Jan Willem Bolderdijk PART III EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE 7 Measuring pro-environmental behaviour: a critical reflection 114 Birgitta Gatersleben 8 The car or the bike today? Using segmentation to understand and change commuter decision making 125 Stewart Barr 9 Cut from the same cloth? Understanding behavioural consistency in energy and clothes shopping 142 Christopher R. Jones, Natalie McCreesh, Caroline Oates and Helen Storey 10 Designing behavioural interventions for better e-waste management and the circular economy 163 Keshav Parajuly, Ruediger Kuehr and Colin Fitzpatrick 11 Understanding what shapes pro-environmental behaviours in small construction firms 185 Alice M. Owen, Niamh Murtagh and Kate Simpson PART IV THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES 12 Is research on pro-environmental behaviour change focused on what matters? 200 Niamh Murtagh 13 Basic psychological needs and autonomous motivation: a humanistic perspective on pro-environmental behaviour change 212 Marlis Wullenkord 14 Environmental identity as a motivator of pro-environmental behaviour 227 Susan Clayton and Sandor Czellar 15 Collective identity as a vehicle for individual and systemic change 240 Gerhard Reese 16 Promoting sustainable behaviours: the problem with materialistic values and potential avenues to progress 252 Amy Isham, Helga Dittmar and Tim Jackson 17 Pro-environmental behaviour is a moral issue 270 Ellen van der Werff PART V ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVES 18 Should environmental communication be more disruptive and should psychologists study this more? 281 Christian A. Klöckner 19 Charging for change: the effectiveness of economic instruments to change environmentally-relevant behaviours 289 Wouter Poortinga and Stefan Drews 20 Household air pollution and behaviour change: learning from unexpected findings 308 Brendon R. Barnes 21 Citizen science as a pro-environmental behaviour and a catalyst for further behaviour change 321 Kayleigh J. Wyles and Natalia Pirani Ghilardi-Lopes 22 Contested climate policies and public participation: an equal-opportunities- and values-based approach (EVA) 336 Goda Perlaviciute, Lorenzo Squintani and Lu Liu PART VI THE CONTEXTS OF BEHAVIOUR 23 Applying the Behaviour Change Wheel to mitigate the biodiversity crisis 354 Melissa R. Marselle and Sarah E. Golding 24 If you want to change behaviour, start with the environment 373 P. Wesley Schultz and Samantha N. Mertens 25 From consumers to citizens – grassroots initiatives for system transformation 388 Sebastian Bamberg 26 A cognitive approach to sustainable lifestyles 405 John Thøgersen 27 Life-course transitions: thinking sociologically about sustainable consumption 423 Kate Burningham and Susan Venn PART VII CONCLUSIONS 28 Concluding thoughts: what is moving us forward and what is still to be done? 443 Niamh Murtagh and Birgitta Gatersleben Index

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Book Synopsis'Tourist Behaviour: The Essential Companion edited by Philip L. Pearce is an indispensable resource for courses on consumer behaviour in tourism and for all serious scholars in the field. The structure of the book is unique in following the entire consumer journey from ''dreaming and longing'' to ''returning home''. Pearce, the preeminent scholar and author on tourist behaviour, has produced another brilliant work together with an impressive list of contributing authors.' - Alastair Morrison, Purdue University, US Comprehensive and accessible, this Companion offers a thorough investigation into both traditional and fresh topics in tourist behaviour and experience. Arranged chronologically, the chapters examine tourist experience from the very idea of a tourist visit to the aftermath of returning home. With contributions from leading experts and emerging scholars across the globe, this Companion establishes the importance of studying tourist behaviour. Innovative topics including packing and preparation, dreaming and longing for trips, and memory are explored in detail. The book incorporates a selection of illustrative key case studies to ensure that it is highly accessible and readable to a range of audiences, while ensuring academic rigour. It examines both positive and negative impacts of the tourist experience on tourists themselves and the communities and environments they visit. The concluding chapter includes a vision for how tourism and sustainable development goals can be integrated to maximise the benefits of tourist behaviour and experience. Students and researchers of tourism and sustainability will greatly benefit from the research directions and suggestions indicated in each chapter of the book. This timely Companion will also prove to be a valuable resource for stakeholders looking to improve and expand upon the tourist experience.Trade Review'We're often told that travel broadens the mind. If that were ever in doubt, we can be certain that this superb volume will broaden, as well as deepen, our understanding of tourism!' --From the Foreword by Peter Collett, University of Oxford, UK'A sound understanding of tourist behavior is fundamental to maximizing the benefits of tourism for all stakeholders. The substantial benefit of this text is that it explores tourist behavior from diverse perspectives, not just the marketing perspective that is the sole focus of so many other texts.' --Leo Jago, University of Surrey, UK'The opening chapter - are tourists interesting? - demands and merits the reader's attention. Pearce's splendid narrative structure then propels readers on a fascinating journey, prompting reflection and then insight. The momentum continues unabated into the final chapter - searching for what is important. This is truly artful scholarship - an invaluable contribution.' --Brian King, the Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityTable of ContentsContents: 1. Are tourists interesting? Philip L. Pearce 2. Dreaming and longing Philip L. Pearce 3. Deciding and Choosing Anja Hergesell, Larry Dwyer and Deborah Edwards 4. Packing and Preparing Chiemi Yagi and John R. Pearce 5. Getting around Mao-Ying Wu and Philip L. Pearce 6. Communicating and Interacting Ingvild H. Blomstervik and Nina K. Prebensen 7. Sleeping and Staying Hera Oktadiana 8. Consuming food and drinks C. Michael Hall 9. Co-creating good times Hyelin (Lina) Kim, Zihui Ma and Muzaffer Uysal 10. Browsing and Shopping Antonia Correia and Metin Kozak 11. Taking photographs Philip L. Pearce 12. Interacting with wild animals Erik Cohen 13. Visiting Attractions Junjie Wen 14. Joining the crowd Jillian M. Rickly 15. Behaving badly Philip L. Pearce 16. Behaving altruistically Stephen Wearing, Matthew McDonald,Truc Ha Thanh Nguyen and Joshua D. Bernstein 17. Remembering Samira Zare 18. Well-being Abbas Alizadeh and Sebastian Filep 19. Returning Home Anja Pabel 20. Searching … for what is important Daniel R. Fesenmaier and Philip L. Pearce Index

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Book SynopsisUtilizing extensive research in economics, psychology, political science, neuroscience and evolutionary theory, Ananish Chaudhuri provides a critical perspective on the role of cognitive biases in decision-making during the Covid-19 pandemic. The extensive use of, and support for, stringent social distancing measures in particular is explored in depth. Nudged into Lockdown? provides clear explanations of complex scientific information regarding Covid-19, vaccines, and policy responses, to highlight issues at the center of policy-making during the pandemic. With a comprehensive overview of the policy debates around Covid-19, the book offers an alternative thought-provoking perspective on the topic, as well as suggestions for policy-making during future pandemics and other crises. It further highlights applications of a range of concepts from heuristics and biases literature, including priming, framing, anchoring, Prospect Theory, and loss aversion. Providing directions for future research in the area, this book will be an invigorating read for established academics, as well as postgraduate students looking to undertake research in Covid-19 related decision-making. It will also be a critical read for economics, political science, and public policy scholars seeking a deeper understanding of the topic.Trade Review‘If you are looking for an engaging treatment by an economist of what optimal pandemic policy response should look like, and what common pitfalls to avoid, that brings to bear insights from epidemiology, economics, and behavioural economics, then I would highly recommend Nudged into Lockdown. Consider this your nudge.’ -- Jeremy Clark, Journal of Economic Psychology‘Nudged into Lockdown? forcefully addresses an important point that has too often gone missing in applied work on nudging and choice architecture: namely, that policy makers and experts, too, make systematic errors when interpreting data and may succumb to biased assessments of risk and uncertainty themselves. The book provides durable insights into how both orthodox benefit-cost analysis and key findings from the behavioural sciences – regarding trust, autonomy and pro-social adaptative responses in decentralised social systems – were sometimes overlooked or underutilised by those who designed covid-response policies.’ -- Nathan Berg, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics‘In responding to the novel coronavirus pandemic, most governments abandoned the existing scientific and policy consensus and mimicked one another to embrace lockdowns of varying stringency. Remarkably, hardly any seemed to produce cost–benefit analysis. Unremarkably, the cost–benefit balance varied between rich and poor countries. In this rigorous, multi-disciplinary examination, written in clearly accessible language, Ananish Chaudhuri explores the reasons for the herd-like behaviour by governments and for the public compliance with their edicts. A must-read for understanding what really happened with Covid-19 and why, and for being better prepared for the inevitable next pandemic.’ -- Ramesh Thakur, Director of the Centre for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (CNND), Crawford School, The Australian National University, Vice Rector and Senior Vice Rector of the United Nations University and Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations 1998–2007‘This book is at once scholarly and readily accessible to all. The case Chaudhuri makes is not for any specific policy response, but rather for rational and fully informed decisions – for epidemiology over ideology. If the careful logic and vivid illustrations here pry open enough minds, we will be far better prepared for the next great public health crisis than we were for Covid-19.’ -- David L. Katz, MD, MPH President, True Health Initiative and Founding Director, Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center, Yale University, US, 1998–2019‘Ananish Chaudhuri lays out the many irrationalities involved in the support for lockdowns in New Zealand and elsewhere: an inability to judge small probabilities, the problems with gut feelings, and many ex-post justification biases. Chaudhuri makes the argument carefully and yet manages to retain great humanism and compassion. A delight to read.’ -- Paul Frijters, Professor in Wellbeing Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK and co-author of An Economic Theory of Greed, Love, Groups, and Networks‘In response to the Covid pandemic, many countries adopted containment policies that did not condition on people’s health status or demographic characteristics. This timely and insightful book addresses the questions of what considerations led to those policies and whether those policies were well-informed. The book begins from the premise that the design of effective policy cannot be based solely on the insights of classic epidemiology models. The reason is both simple and sensible: those models don’t take into account behavioral responses of people to policies like containment. The author’s analysis is multidisciplinary in nature, blending economics, psychology, political science and epidemiology. The result is a rich and informative analysis. I highly recommend this well-written and timely book.’ -- Martin Eichenbaum, Charles Moskos Professor of Economics and Co-Director, Center for International Macroeconomics, Northwestern University, US‘This book is a very timely one for those, like me, who believe the democratic world’s lockdown response to the Covid virus will go down as the worst public policy response of the last few centuries. It is sceptical. It is interesting. It is Great Barrington over Chief Medical Officer. There is more to living and the good life than fear of dying of Covid. All the politicians who focused on that matrix, and ignored other causes of death as well as all the benefits of living in a free society, and more, should have to read this book.’ -- James Allan, Garrick Professor in Law, TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland, Australia‘In this book Ananish Chaudhuri achieves the impossible – he offers an easy-to-read book that delivers profound insights about our behavior which applies not just to pandemics, but to many other recurrent situations in our daily lives! A must-read for anyone that wants to make better decisions.’ -- Sudipta Sarangi, Professor and Chair, Department of Economics, Virginia Tech, US, Co-Editor, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization and author of The Economics of Small Things‘Careful comparison of costs and benefits is usually considered a hallmark of wise decision-making. Yet in 2020 many governments abandoned this standard as they tried to minimize deaths from Covid-19 regardless of cost. Traditional cost–benefit arguments were rebuked, by politicians who by nature rarely admit error, but also by ordinary folk affronted that someone would want to “kill granny”. This book draws insights from experimental economics, political science and psychology to show how various biases in decision-making processes contributed to this situation. Fifty years ago, Essence of Decision led a generation of scholars to examine models of government decision-making. Hopefully Ananish Chaudhuri’s lively book has a similar impact, for scholars, students and members of the public concerned about the retreat from rationality that is revealed by policy choices and public attitudes in the Covid-19 era.’ -- John Gibson, Professor of Economics, University of Waikato, New Zealand, Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand and Distinguished Fellow of the New Zealand Association of Economists‘This is an excellent book that nicely discusses cutting-edge applications in behavioural economics pertaining to the Covid-19 pandemic. It is thought-provoking and contains pioneering approaches that broaden the scope of behavioural research. Excellent writing style, making the content of the book accessible to a broad audience. Highly recommended!’ -- Michalis Drouvelis, Professor of Economics, University of Birmingham, UK and Co-ordinating Editor, Theory and Decision‘In New Zealand now it is hard to remember the shock of lockdown as a pandemic response. So much has happened. The virus has been kept at bay, so far. The predicted economic disaster has not happened – yet. Massive financial relief for businesses forcibly suspended and jobs at risk was followed by a rapid recovery when shops reopened. But Ananish Chaudhuri is by no means alone in thinking the country could pay a high and lingering price for its unprecedented lockdown, and that these costs, especially the human costs, should have been weighed against the risks the virus posed. His book uses fascinating behavioral studies of economic decision making and the psychology of popular risk assessment to question the merits of measures that New Zealand’s Government took and New Zealanders overwhelmingly accepted. They should read this book and wonder if these were questions they should have asked.’ -- John Roughan, Political Columnist, New Zealand HeraldTable of ContentsContents: 1. Prologue 2. Gut feelings: biases, heuristics and Covid-19 3. Pathogens and probabilities 4. Should we trust people to do the right thing? 5. Politics, pathogens and party lines 6. Irrational exuberance in the midst of Covid-19 7. Epilogue Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis major reference book provides an authoritative analysis and survey of consumer research and economic psychology. It provides an international, in-depth overview of the present state of knowledge and theory which will be indispensable to students, researchers and practitioners.The Companion presents over 100 specially commissioned entries on important topics in consumer research and economic psychology from behaviourism and brand loyalty to trust and the psychology of tourism. Leading scholars in the fields provide stimulating insights into the area as well as summarising existing knowledge. Readers will find entries both on new topics that have rarely been considered in the framework of consumer research or economic psychology and on topics that have long been considered important in these disciplines.The book will ably meet the needs of undergraduate and graduate students in business administration, economics, marketing and psychology, as well as informing researchers and practitioners in those disciplines.Trade Review'. . . a generous selection of essays that many will find useful to refresh a faded memory, to grasp an overview of an unfamiliar subject, or to clarify misunderstood or confusing issues. Earl and Kemp have relied on the expertise of a wide selection of scholars to compile a timely and useful resource that can best be described as a short encyclopedia. . . . a readable, authoritative, and diverse research tool. The index is comprehensive and useful. The articles are clearly written. Each is referenced with a set of essential sources for further study. Marketing needs such resources for students and scholars alike. The Elgar Companion can be a good starting point for a student (or professor) who could start learning about a new topic by consulting one of these articles.'

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Book SynopsisThe rationale behind how people value and trade stocks is of unparalleled interest to governments, companies and other participants in stock markets. The book focuses on the way in which investors process information and form expectations about future gains. It argues that humans fall short of the perfect information processing required by theory, and that their expectations are based on more than just future company earnings. Karl-Erik Warneryd discusses the psychology of investing, providing detailed coverage of how financial expectations are formed, how complex decisions are made and how emotions and influence from others affect the financial decisions of individuals. Empirical studies featured in the book suggest that many, if not most, stockholders have long-term goals, believe in certain stocks, and make few transactions - behavior which, argues the author, may have a stabilizing influence upon stock prices. As a unique overview of how investors process information and build up expectations of future gains on stocks, this fascinating book will be welcomed by students of, and researchers in, economic psychology and behavioral finance. Stock-Market Psychology will also be invaluable to practitioners of finance who wish to learn more about the psychology behind financial transactions.Trade Review'As usual, Warneryd has carefully made sure that the inter-disciplinary perspective rests upon a solid foundation with respect to the latest research and classical work. . . very stimulating reading. Stock-Market Psychology aims at bridging the gap between researchers in behavioral finance (and economics) and economic-oriented psychologists. . . Apart from providing important analytical tools, the book should stimulate future research and perhaps bring researchers in (behavioral) finance and psychology together in mutual projects on investor behavior.' -- Patric Andersson, Ekonomisk Debatt'Finance has long been dominated by the model of the economic man, the investor who rationally processes expectations and information, then translates this data into asset prices. Within the past decade or so, however, the continued presence of market inefficiencies and stock return anomalies has stimulated the development of a subspecialty known as behavioral finance. This book is a thoughtful and exceptionally well documented examination of this emerging area. . . Though scholarly, the book is not overly technical and is a significant improvement over the many popular books in the area. For graduate students, graduate-educated professionals in banking and finance, and business school professionals.' -- S.P. Ferris, Choice'Stock-Market Psychology gives an excellent overview of the state-of-the-art literature on this subject in the fields of economics, psychology and finance. . . a comprehensive overview of the behavior of investors in the stock market. As such, this book is valuable for the classroom. . . Stock-Market Psychology provides researchers with numerous ideas for future research and readers with useful and fun tips without taking away our hopes of ever becoming rich from investing in stocks. What more is there to ask from a book?' -- Joost M.E. Pennings, Journal of Economic Psychology'George Goodman ('Adam Smith') once wrote, "you can find out who you are by investing in the stock market, but it will be an expensive lesson". It is far smarter and cheaper to read Warneryd's book instead. At a time when global stock markets are driven by emotions and passions, and are highly volatile, Chapter Six will tell you why, far better than a hundred analysts' reports.' -- Shlomo Maital, TIM-Technion Institute of Management and the Samuel Neaman Institute for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology, IsraelTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction 1. Efficient Markets and Rational Models of Portfolio Choice 2. Behavioral Considerations in Financial Markets 3. Expectation Formation 4. Decision Making, Uncertainty, and Risk Attitudes 5. Cognitive Bias, (Simple) Heuristics, and Mental Accounts 6. Emotionality, Motivation, Self-Control, and Investment 7. Social Influence 8. Some Behavioral Data on Investors 9. Investor Groups and Market Segements 10. Implications and Some Further Thoughts on Private Investing References Index

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Book SynopsisThis book comprises, in one compact volume, cutting-edge research in behavioral economics and economic psychology, published mainly during the past five years. The judicious selection of articles examines the subject from a variety of perspectives and includes papers on the historical origins and methodologies of behavioral economics; rational choice in childhood; behavioral aspects of saving, risk and investment; effort, pay and poverty; seeking happiness; and social norms and culture. The editor has written an original introduction which illuminates and complements his choice. The book will be of interest to all who teach and research behavioural economics, as well as those who wish to learn about this growing discipline.Trade Review'The collected papers are with few exceptions intriguing, thought-provoking and creative, and they shed new light on old and important issues. Some of the contributions are revolutionary as they attempt to shake the foundations of standard of economics. . . the volume provides an inspiring read.' -- Jean-Robert Tyran, Journal of Economic PsychologyTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Shlomo Maital PART I HISTORICAL ORIGINS OF BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS 1. Nava Ashraf, Colin F. Camerer and George Loewenstein (2005), ‘Adam Smith, Behavioral Economist’ 2. Daniel Kahneman (2003), ‘Experiences of Collaborative Research’ PART II METHODOLOGIES FOR RESEARCHING BEHAVIOR AND DECISION CHOICES 3. Vernon L. Smith (2002), ‘Method in Experiment: Rhetoric and Reality’ 4. Colin Camerer, George Loewenstein and Drazen Prelec (2005), ‘Neuroeconomics: How Neuroscience Can Inform Economics’ 5. Daniel Kahneman, Alan B. Krueger, David A. Schkade, Norbert Schwarz and Arthur A. Stone (2004), ‘A Survey Method for Characterizing Daily Life Experience: The Day Reconstruction Method’ PART III RATIONAL CHOICE IN CHILDHOOD 6. William T. Harbaugh, Kate Krause and Timothy R. Berry (2001), ‘GARP for Kids: On the Development of Rational Choice Behavior’ PART IV PRESENT-FUTURE CHOICE 7. Samuel M. McClure, David I. Laibson, George Loewenstein and Jonathan D. Cohen (2004), ‘Separate Neural Systems Value Immediate and Delayed Monetary Rewards’ PART V SAVING 8. Richard H. Thaler and Shlomo Benartzi (2004), ‘Save More Tomorrow™: Using Behavioral Economics to Increase Employee Saving’ PART VI RISK 9. Daniel Kahneman (2003), ‘A Perspective on Judgment and Choice: Mapping Bounded Rationality’ 10. Matthew Rabin and Richard H. Thaler (2001), ‘Anomalies: Risk Aversion’ PART VII INVESTING MONEY 11. Daniel Kahneman and Mark W. Riepe (1998), ‘Aspects of Investor Psychology: Beliefs, Preferences and Biases Investment Advisors Should Know About’ 12. Nicholas Barberis, Ming Huang and Tano Santos (2001), ‘Prospect Theory and Asset Prices’ 13. Robert J. Shiller (2002), ‘Bubbles, Human Judgment, and Expert Opinion’ PART VIII EFFORT, PAY AND POVERTY 14. James Heyman and Dan Ariely (2004), ‘Effort for Payment: A Tale of Two Markets’ 15. Marianne Bertrand, Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir (2004), ‘A Behavioral-Economics View of Poverty’ PART IX SEEKING HAPPINESS 16. Carol Nickerson, Norbert Schwarz, Ed Diener and Daniel Kahneman (2003), ‘Zeroing in on the Dark Side of the American Dream: A Closer Look at the Negative Consequences of the Goal for Financial Success’ 17. Bruno S. Frey and Alois Stutzer (2004), ‘Income’ 18. Daniel Kahneman (2000), ‘Experienced Utility and Objective Happiness: A Moment-Based Approach’ PART X SOCIAL NORMS AND CULTURE 19. Joseph Henrich, Robert Boyd, Samuel Bowles, Colin Camerer, Ernst Fehr, Herbert Gintis, Richard McElreath, Michael Alvard, Abigail Barr, Jean Ensminger, Natalie Smith Henrich, Kim Hill, Francisco Gil-White, Michael Gurven, Frank Marlowe, John Q. Patton and David Tracer (2005), ‘“Economic Man” in Cross Cultural Perspective: Behavioral Experiments in 15 Small-Scale Societies’ 20. Robert H. Frank (2004), ‘Does Studying Economics Inhibit Cooperation?’ 21. Ofer H. Azar (2004), ‘What Sustains Social Norms and How They Evolve? The Case of Tipping’ PART XI PREFERENCES 22. Dan Ariely, George Loewenstein and Drazen Prelec (2006), ‘Tom Sawyer and the Construction of Value’ 23. Marianne Bertrand and Sendhil Mullainathan (2001), ‘Do People Mean What They Say? Implications for Subjective Survey Data’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisThis book offers a broad perspective on the economics of expectations. Experimental studies are used to analyse how human bounded rationality affects economic performance. The challenges posed for policy making are also addressed.Tobias Rotheli begins by presenting the basic tools and theoretical models necessary to our understanding of rational and boundedly rational expectations and their role in economic life. Key topics discussed include expectations in general equilibrium theory, probabilities and expected utility, heterogeneity of economic agents, behavioural alternatives to forecasting and the effects of expectations heuristics, particularly in financial markets. The author then goes on to explore the fascinating insights behavioural economics - the empirical analysis of economic decision making - has to offer. Here experimental studies illustrate the effects of costly information, the role of pattern recognition as basis of expectations, anticipation and coordination failures, and the role of expectations in determining the general price level. The book also addresses the implications of the experimental findings for applied economics.Aiming to achieve the accessibility of a textbook, this research monograph will appeal to economic researchers interested in economic behaviour and theory, as well as students taking upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses. It will also be of interest to economists working in business and government.Trade Review'To a significant extent, the book is at the cutting edge of much economic thinking in microeconomics. . . it brings together nicely material on uncertainty, expectations and cognitive limitations and relates this to recent work in experimental economics.' -- Geoffrey M. Hodgson, University of Hertfordshire, UK'For more than 200 years, economists have debated the microfoundations of their science. There is only one way forward and that is to carefully examine the nature and the rationality of decision processes. Professor Rotheli's book is unique. He offers an idiosyncratic blend of theoretical analysis and experimental research that enlightens and provokes.' -- Werner F.M. De Bondt, DePaul University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: Models and Tools 1. Markets and Expectations 2. Expected Utility Maximization 3. Effects of Heterogeneous Expectations 4. Forecasting Among Alternative Strategies under Uncertainty 5. Expectations in Time Series Models Part II: Experiments and Applications 6. Costly Information and Decision Making 7. Applied Welfare Economics with Boundedly Rational Expectations 8. Pattern Recognition as the Basis of Expectations 9. Pattern-Based Expectations and Financial Markets 10. Anticipations and Coordination Failures 11. Money, Transactions and Expectations References Index

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Book SynopsisOne of the central problems in nutrition is the difficulty of getting people to change their dietary behaviours so as to bring about an improvement in health. What is required is a clearer understanding of the motivations of consumers, barriers to changing diets and how we might have an impact upon dietary behaviour. This book brings together insights from a number of sub-disciplines within psychology and related discplines, in terms of what they can tell us about the influence on human food choice. It is organised into five main sections which cover: models of food choice; biological and learning influences on food choice; societal influences; food choices across the lifespan; and changing dietary behaviour. The contributors are all international leaders in their respective fields and together give an overview of the current understanding of consumer food choice. This book will be of significant interest to those researching nutrition, dietetics and psychology.Table of ContentsPart I: Models of food choice 1: A Conceptual Model of the Food Choice Process over the Life Course, J Sobal, C A Bisogni, C M Devine and M Jastran, Cornell University, USA 2: The Integration of Biological, Social, Cultural, and Psychological Influences on Food Choice, P Rozin, University of Pennsylvania, USA 3: Social Psychological Models of Food Choice, M Conner, University of Leeds, UK and C J Armitage, University of Sheffield, UK Part II: Biological and learning influences on food choice 4: Biological Influences on Energy Intake, K Westerterp, Maastricht University, The Netherlands 5: Food Neophobia in Humans, P Pliner and S-J Salvy, University of Toronto at Mississauga, Canada 6: The Role of Learning in Development of Food Preference, M R Yeomans, University of Sussex, UK 7: Mood, emotions and food choice, E L Gibson, Roehampton University, UK 8: Food Cravings and Addictions, S Higgs, University of Birmingham, UK Part III: Societal influences on food choice 9: Marketing Parameters and their Influence on Consumer Food Choice, K G Grunert, Aarhus School of Business, Denmark 10: The Role of Context in Food Choice, Food Acceptance and Food Consumption, H L Meiselman, Natick Soldier Center, USA 11: The Impact of the Media on Food Choice, J Reilly, University of Glasgow, UK 12: The Impact of Advertising on Food Choice: the Social Context of Advertising, M Caraher, City University, UK and J Landon, National Heart Forum, UK Part IV: Food choices across the lifespan 13: Adolescents, Food Choice and Vegetarianism, K Trew, C Clark, G McCartney, Queens University Belfast, Ireland, J Barnett, University of Surrey, UK and O Muldoon, Queens University Belfast, Ireland 14: Intra-family Influences on Food Choice at Mid-life , J L Brown, Pennsylvania State University, USA 15: Food Choices in Later Life, M Lumbers and M Raats, University of Surrey, UK Part V: Changing dietary behaviour 16: The Impact of Optimistic Bias on Dietary Behaviour, V Scaife, S Miles, University of East Anglia, UK and P Harris, University of Sheffield, UK 17: Implementation Intentions: Strategic Automatisation of Food Choice, T L Webb, P Sheeran and C J Armitage, University of Sheffield, UK 18: The Use of the Stages of Change Model with Dietary Behaviours, R Shepherd, 19: What is a Healthy Diet Community? D Bowen, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, USA and T Hilliard 20: Eating Behaviour in Obesity, J Wardle, University College London, UK

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Book SynopsisThis book offers a broad perspective on the economics of expectations. Experimental studies are used to analyse how human bounded rationality affects economic performance. The challenges posed for policy making are also addressed.Tobias Rotheli begins by presenting the basic tools and theoretical models necessary to our understanding of rational and boundedly rational expectations and their role in economic life. Key topics discussed include expectations in general equilibrium theory, probabilities and expected utility, heterogeneity of economic agents, behavioural alternatives to forecasting and the effects of expectations heuristics, particularly in financial markets. The author then goes on to explore the fascinating insights behavioural economics - the empirical analysis of economic decision making - has to offer. Here experimental studies illustrate the effects of costly information, the role of pattern recognition as basis of expectations, anticipation and coordination failures, and the role of expectations in determining the general price level. The book also addresses the implications of the experimental findings for applied economics.Aiming to achieve the accessibility of a textbook, this research monograph will appeal to economic researchers interested in economic behaviour and theory, as well as students taking upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses. It will also be of interest to economists working in business and government.Trade Review'To a significant extent, the book is at the cutting edge of much economic thinking in microeconomics. . . it brings together nicely material on uncertainty, expectations and cognitive limitations and relates this to recent work in experimental economics.' -- Geoffrey M. Hodgson, University of Hertfordshire, UK'For more than 200 years, economists have debated the microfoundations of their science. There is only one way forward and that is to carefully examine the nature and the rationality of decision processes. Professor Rotheli's book is unique. He offers an idiosyncratic blend of theoretical analysis and experimental research that enlightens and provokes.' -- Werner F.M. De Bondt, DePaul University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: Models and Tools 1. Markets and Expectations 2. Expected Utility Maximization 3. Effects of Heterogeneous Expectations 4. Forecasting Among Alternative Strategies under Uncertainty 5. Expectations in Time Series Models Part II: Experiments and Applications 6. Costly Information and Decision Making 7. Applied Welfare Economics with Boundedly Rational Expectations 8. Pattern Recognition as the Basis of Expectations 9. Pattern-Based Expectations and Financial Markets 10. Anticipations and Coordination Failures 11. Money, Transactions and Expectations References Index

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Book SynopsisBehavioural Economics is a relatively new school of economic thought and can encompass a number of strands such as 'new institutional/transaction cost economics', economic psychology and psychological economics, consumer behaviour and decision theory. The papers presented here reveal something of the development, philosophy and range of applicability of behavioural economics.Trade Review'Behavioral Economics . . . is especially welcome because so many economists are unclear as to the precise nature and scope of this subject which is relatively new, still taking shape and highly interdisciplinary.'Table of ContentsContents: Volume I: 1. Methodology 2. Satisficing versus Optimizing Behaviour 3. Uncertainity, Expectation Formation and Economic Forecasting 4. The Theory of the Firm 5. Corporate Evolution 6. Conclusion • Volume II: 1. Information Problems and the Organization of Economic Activities 2. Consumer Behaviour Theory 3. Welfare Economics and Policy 4. Behavioural Perspectives on Macroeconomic Issues 5. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisOpen Learning Units offer a very flexible approach to the teaching of psychology. They are designed to be more than sufficient for the purposes of A/S and A-Level psychology, and the applied emphasis will appeal to various vocational courses such as those offered by BTEC and also to mature students on Access courses. Their primary use will be in the classroom with a tutor's guidance, but the interactive style makes them equally appropriate for the purposes of self-study. More advanced students might want to use the Units to learn at their own pace, and in all cases, the careful structure of the writing and the extensive use of Examples, Open Questions and Self-Assessment Questions make them ideal revision guides.Table of Contents1. Making inferences about populations. 2. The Characteristics of significance tests. 3. Inferences from scores that occur in pairs. 4. Inferences from scores that are not in pairs. 5. Interpreting the frequencies of categories in a single sample. 6. Interpreting the frequencies of categories in two or more samples. 7. Summary of the statistical methods in this unit. Glossary. Answers to self-assessment questions. Answers to 'something to try' activities

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Book SynopsisThis book includes a summary of the psychological theories which have been produced to explain aggression. Offering practical advice on methods for assessing dangerous situations and on developing personal and organizational strategies for coping with aggression, this book will be an invaluable tool towards controlling or constraining the aggression of others.Table of Contents1. How to cope. 2. Explaining aggression - some theories. 3. Predicting aggression. 4. Patterns of assault. 5. Victims and victimization. 6. Avoidance, escape and control. 7. Safety culture.

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Book SynopsisOpen Learning Units offer a very flexible approach to the teaching of psychology. They are designed to be more than sufficient for the purposes of A/S and A-Level psychology, and the applied emphasis will appeal to various vocational courses such as those offered by BTEC and also to mature students on Access courses. Their primary use will be in the classroom with a tutor's guidance, but the interactive style makes them equally appropriate for the purposes of self-study. More advanced students might want to use the Units to learn at their own pace, and in all cases, the careful structure of the writing and the extensive use of Examples, Open Questions and Self-Assessment Questions make them ideal revision guides.Table of Contents1. Altruism and aggression: what are they?. 2. Altruism and relationships. 3. Altruism and emotions. 4. Instrumental theories of aggression. 5. Expressive theories of aggression. 6. The impact of culture. References. Further Reading. Answers to Self-Assessment Questions. Glossary. Acknowledgements

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Book SynopsisOpen Learning Units offer a very flexible approach to the teaching of psychology. They are designed to be more than sufficient for the purposes of A/S and A-Level psychology, and the applied emphasis will appeal to various vocational courses such as those offered by BTEC and also to mature students on Access courses. Their primary use will be in the classroom with a tutor's guidance, but the interactive style makes them equally appropriate for the purposes of self-study. More advanced students might want to use the Units to learn at their own pace, and in all cases, the careful structure of the writing and the extensive use of Examples, Open Questions and Self-Assessment Questions make them ideal revision guides.Table of Contents1. The mind-body problem. 2. Emotion. 3. Motivation. 4. Stress and the body. 5. Stress, illness and health.

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Book SynopsisOutlining the challenges of working in a multi-disciplinary context, this book provides key theoretical cocepts and describes how to conduct joint assessments and design, deliver and evaluate interventions. Taking a life-span approach to working with children of all ages from infant to adolescents, the key emphasis of the book is on the prevention of children's emotional and behavioural difficulties through effective interdisciplinary working.Trade Review"If doctors understood even a fraction of this book, they would be better able to communicate with their colleagues in psychology ans social work!" --Peter Campion, Family Practice, Vol 19, 2002Table of ContentsList of tables and figures. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Part I: The Challenges of Helping Children in a Multidisciplinary Context. Chapter 1: Children's emotional and behavioural difficulities: nature, prevalence and origins. Chapter 2: Multidisciplinary practice: the context and challenges of working together. Part II: Theory and Practice. Chapter 3: Key theoretical concepts. Chapter 4: Engaging with families: issues relevant to all disciplines. Part III: ASPIRE: A Process for Intervention. Chapter 5: Assessment of children's emotional and behavioural difficulities: a multidisciplinary approach. Chapter 6: Issues of planning, implementation, review and evaluation. Part IV: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Preventing Children's Difficulties. Chapter 7: Infants and their families: multidisciplinary approaches. Chapter 8: Toddlers and pre-school children: multidisciplinary approaches. Chapter 9: Children at their first schools: multidisciplinary approaches. Chapter 10: Children at their secondary schools: multidisciplinary approaches. Chapter 11: Young offenders: multidisciplinary approaches. Chapter 12: Summary of key ideas and ways forward. Appendices. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisEconomists have often been accused of failing to take full account of culture and social norms in their explanations of human behaviour. Cultural factors are playing an increasingly important role in economic theorizing and are achieving greater recognition as determinants of economic performance. As such these volumes will be a landmark and will provide easy access to the most important articles in this expanding field. The first volume focuses on modelling the social and cultural aspects of an individual's behaviour. In the second volume this theme develops to consider cooperation in the economic system and the role of culture in supporting this system. The articles in these volumes explore a diverse range of issues including: the differences in achievements between ethnic groups the differences between firms from different countries the links between religion, community, ethnicity and economic performance. the influences of leadership, peer pressure, entrepreneurship, envy, status-seeking and self esteem. Trade Review'The two volumes are a welcome source for all interested in the rather successful but somewhat limited and sometimes problematic rational choice approach usually applied by economists (and since some time also by political scientists, sociologists and legal scholars). The reader will find many until now widely dispersed articles, which not only address the application of this method to other subjects than the market economy, but also its shortcomings, and which try to rectify them by widening or transforming it. Thus the two volumes can be strongly recommended. . .' -- Peter Bernholz, KyklosTable of ContentsContents: Volume I: Economic Behaviour Part I: Introduction Part II: Altruism, Envy and Interdependent References Part III: Social Aspects of Preferences: Rank and Status Part IV: Passions and Self-Control • Volume II: Economic Perfornance Part I: Co-operation Part II: Social Order Without Law Part III: Leadership and Peer Pressure Part IV: Religion and the Nature of Belief Part V: Entrepreneurial Culture Part VI: National Culture and Economic Perfornance Name Index

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Book SynopsisThis book addresses the manifold difficulties that both client and therapist bring to Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT). It offers ways of tackling difficulties that will assist their resolution and thereby help to build a productive and less stressful therapeutic relationship.Table of ContentsClient Difficulties. Buidling a Therapeutic Alliance. Accepting The abc Model. Establishing Goals. Carrying out Tasks. A Process-orientated View of client Difficulties. Therapist Difficulties. Forming and Maintaining a therapeutic Alliance. Teaching or Accepting The ABC Model. Therapist Tasks. A compendium of Therapist Problems. A Process-orientated View of Therapist difficulties.

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Book SynopsisREBT explores how beliefs affect outlook REBT is a form of psychotherapy that places personal beliefs front and center, inviting the patient to evaluate how their beliefs affects their thoughts and feelings. Essential Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy provides a clear introduction to the concepts and theories of REBT, with technical jargon stripped away to leave an open, engaging exploration of the field. Beginning with the central ABCDE model of emotional disturbance and change, the book delves into assessment, homework, disputing, common obstacles, and working through to give patients and therapists a true picture of how helpful REBT can be.Table of ContentsAn outline of REBT; assessment; disputing; homework; working through; common obstacles to progress in REBT.

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Book SynopsisThis is the first book devoted to group therapy applications of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT). REBT is an active-directive, psychoeducational approach to psychotherapy and as such it is very well suited to being practised with groups. This book shows the range of these applications from regular group therapy to specialised group interventions such as nine hour intensives and Albert Ellis?s famous ?Friday Night Workshop.? Also featured are chapters on a brief, group-based, structured educational approach to teaching unconditional self-acceptance using REBT and the use of the group in training and supervising REBT therapists in training.Table of ContentsRational Emotive Behaviour Group Therapy - an Overiview, Windy Dryden. Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (rebt) and its Application to Group therapy, Albert Ellis. Critical Incidents in Group Therapy, Albert Ellis. Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy and its Application to Women's Groups, Kristene Doyle. The Florence Nightingale Hospital CBT Group Therapy Programme, Windy Dryden. Teaching The Principles of Unconditional Self-acceptance in a structured, Group Setting, Windy Dryden. Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy intensives, Albert Ellis. Problems in Living - The Friday Night Workshop, Windy Dryden, Wouter Backx and Albert Ellis. The use of The Group in Rebt Training and Supervision, Michael Neenan.

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