Behavioral Insights
Practical applications of behavioral science to understand and influence human behavior in various contexts.
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“team behavior”
Behavioral Insights Team
An organization that applies behavioral science to policy and practice to improve public services and outcomes.
Restraint Bias
A cognitive bias where individuals overestimate their ability to control impulsive behavior, leading to overexposure to temptations.
Groupthink
A psychological phenomenon where the desire for harmony and conformity in a group results in irrational or dysfunctional decision-making.
Reward Power
The ability to influence others' behavior by offering positive incentives or rewards, commonly used in organizational and social contexts.
BDD
Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) is a software development approach where applications are specified and designed by describing their behavior.
Projection Bias
The tendency to overestimate how much our future preferences and behaviors will align with our current preferences and behaviors.
Group Attribution Error
A cognitive bias where people attribute group behavior to the characteristics of the group members rather than the situation.
Ben Franklin Effect
A psychological phenomenon where a person who has done a favor for someone is more likely to do another favor for that person than if they had received a favor from them.