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Showing 1 to 20 of 39 for “"behavioral science"”.
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Explicit mathematical models for behavioral science theories
Physical science theories are often expressed as precise mathematical relationships from which researchers can derive empirically testable consequences. Mathematical modeling takes on additional tasks in the conduct of behavioral science research because behavioral science theories are typically …
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Roles and Responsibilities of Behavioral Science Faculty on Inpatient Medicine Settings
Behavioral science faculty (BSF) who work in family medicine residency education find themselves in inpatient medicine teaching service settings. However, there is limited research on the roles and responsibilities that BSF fill while working in inpatient medicine teaching services within family …
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Developing a Practical Intervention to Prevent Identity Theft: A Behavioral-Science Field Study
Cashiers' identification-checking behaviors were observed at two grocery stores with the aim to actively involve cashiers in decreasing credit-card fraud. After baseline observations, cashiers at one store received a participative goal-setting and feedback intervention, whereby they collaboratively …
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Making Change Intelligible: Why The Study of Human Kinds Is Just Science As Usual
This paper challenges the notion that the social sciences require a fundamentally different methodology from the natural sciences due to the interactivity of human kinds. By examining the concept of classificatory looping and its impact on human kinds, the author argues that understanding the …
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The Effects of Jargon on Parent Acceptability and Implementation of Behavioral Interventions
… oftheir field to use, and the field of behavioral science is no exception to this practice. Theapplied branch of behavioral science demands a remarkable interdependence betweenanalysts and change agents in the environment, such as parents, to implementprocedures outlined in …
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The ethology of the Arizona Chuckwalla (Sauromalus obesus tumidus)
… described as the newest branch of the zoological sciences. In reality the study of behavior began with man's initial observations of the animals around him since his survival depended upon his knowledge of these animals and their behavior. With the development of agriculture man's dependence on …
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Scrap every Sunday: behavioral analysis of a church-centered aluminum recycling program
The methods of applied behavioral science were used in developing and evaluating a program of resource recovery in a number of local Presbyterian churches. Household aluminum scrap was collected and sold to a local recycling center, and the proceeds were contributed to the established 'Halt Hunger' …
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The Context of HIV /aids-Related Health and Preventive Behaviors: An Analysis of Kisumu District, Kenya
… behaviors. The research formed linkages between behavioral science and social science. The thesis asserts that everyday people responded to the disease in their own ways and condom use was clearly not the answer. Location specific strategies are necessary because different places have different …
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Applying Weighting Biases in Cognitive Energetics Theory to Behavior Change
… research – rooted in psychology, economics, and behavioral science – has received growing attention in the development of recent efforts to positively influence individuals’ health behaviors. The present research applied a specific motivational framework of Cognitive Energetics Theory (CET, …
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A Lakota/Nakota/Dakota Model Of Oratory
… disciplines such as education, social and behavioral science, and psychology. This body of work exists for the purpose of exploring a traditionally Native understanding of oratory and communication, the impact of the transition to English on oratorical conventions and the culturally …
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Unlocking the insights: data-analytic examinations of social signals in organizational practices
… and technology. While the recent focus of design science utilizes advanced data mining methods to develop decision-aiding frameworks and extend organizational boundaries by designing novel artifacts; the behavioral focus develops and tests theories that elucidate behaviors at the individual or …
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Investigating Lighting Quality: Examining the Relationship between Perceived Safety and Pedestrian Lighting Environment
… lighting quality is investigated through a behavioral science approach by examining the relationship between the lighting attributes and people's perceived safety. Primary research objectives include identifying important attributes of the lighting environment, examining their influence on …
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The Development of the Tavistock and Tavistock-Inspired Group Relations Movement in Great Britain and the United States: A Comparative and Historical Perspective
… Training Laboratories Institute for Applied Behavioral Science (NTL) model, was examined as part of an effort to indicate how factors in the United States context led to significant modifications in the Tavistock approach when it was transported to America.
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Development and Validation of the Social Justice Involvement Scale (SJIS)
… Thirty self-report items were generated based on behavioral science literature and feedback from a panel of experts. The reliability and validity of the SJIS were examined with a sample of 47 African American student participants. These University of Cincinnati students also completed an …
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Healthcare Systems : three studies of patient management and policy change
For my PhD thesis, I conducted behavioral science research and wrote three first- author journal format papers, of which one paper has been published and the other two will be submitted to healthcare management journals after completion of my degree. All three papers introduce new information about …
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Katharine Bement Davis: Defying Expectations as a Woman and in the Study of Women
… in the fields of sociology, criminology, and behavioral science empowered her to make policy recommendations in her roles in city government departments and as a member of the Rockefeller-funded Bureau of Social Hygiene, an institution which pioneered the role of philanthropic foundations in …
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Mobile obesity study
… conditioning learning theory. Prior work in behavioral science suggests that well-timed, positive, and tailored messages can influence behavior. This will be the first study to investigate the potential of using automatic activity recognition using sensors to apply this theory and to measure …
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The role of consideration in the pursuit of market share : a study of the U.S. automobile industry
… sets, as described by marketing and behavioral science scholars. These writings are applicable to brands, products, or services competing in many different industries because I believe strongly that the solutions to consideration problems will not exist solely from within the …
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Extending the Utility of Ant Colony Optimization Through the Incorporation of an Intraclass Correlation Coefficient to Assess for Rater Consistency
… of ants by researchers in the field of computer science, its application to solving complex combinatorial problems is widespread in a growing number of fields in behavioral science, including psychometrics. Over the last two decades, psychometricians have adapted ACO to measurement model …
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