In other words, cracking your knuckles is a behavior, so it is possible to use behavioral techniques to change your behavior.
Marketers use behavioral psychology to design ads and sites that keep us clicking and buying: think flash sales, impulse buys, and celebrity endorsements.
The fourth predictor of fathers' PTSS levels at Time 2 was fathers' coping behavior at Time 1. Whereas dysfunctional strategies such as denial, substance use, behavioral disengagement, and self-blame contributed to a higher PTSS level at follow-up, functional strategies were not predictive.
Many of the British team's projects aimed to use behavioral research for social uplift.
Many companies involved in Internet advertising, including Google and the top social networking services, use behavioral targeting.
Ms. Brown-Volkman and other coaches reject the comparison with psychotherapy, even though coaches use behavioral techniques long espoused by therapists.
To avoid the next mortgage crisis, we should use behavioral insights to make it harder for lenders to put borrowers where they will make predictable and consequential mistakes.
Collective intelligence could make it possible for insurance companies, for example, to use behavioral data to covertly identify people suffering from a particular disease and deny them insurance coverage.
Many companies use behavioral interviews in making hiring decisions, Ms. Kane says, asking for examples of how you developed or used a skill in real life.
While 161 airports already use behavioral officers to identify possible terrorist activity — a controversial tactic — the agency is considering expanding the use of what it says are more advanced tactics nationwide, with Boston's program as a model.
