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Title The behavioral foundations of public policy / edited by Eldar Shafir.

Publication Info. Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2013]
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  320.6 B419B    Check Shelf
Description xv, [4], 511 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Part 1. Prejudice and discrimination. The nature of implicit prejudice : implications for personal and public policy / Curtis D. Hardin, Mahzarin R. Banaji ; Biases in interracial interactions : implications for social policy / J. Nicole Shelton, Jennifer A. Richeson, John F. Dovidio ; Policy implications of unexamined discrimination : gender bias in employment as a case study / Susan T. Fiske, Linda H. Krieger -- Part 2. Social interactions. The psychology of cooperation : implications for public policy / Tom Tyler ; Rethinking why people vote : voting as dynamic social expression / Todd Rogers, Craig R. Fox, Alan S. Gerber ; Perspectives on disagreement and dispute resolution : lessons from the lab and the real world / Lee Ross ; Psychic numbing and mass atrocity / Paul Slovic ... [et al.] -- Part 3. The justice system. Eyewitness identification and the legal system / Nancy K. Steblay, Elizabeth F. Loftus ; False convictions / Phoebe Ellsworth, Sam Gross ; Behavioral issues of punishment, retribution, and deterrence / John M. Darley, Adam L. Alter -- Part 4. Bias and competence. Claims and denials of bias and their implications for policy / Emily Pronin, Kathleen Schmidt ; Questions of competence : the duty to inform and the limits to choice / Baruch Fischhoff, Sara L. Eggers ; If misfearing is the problem, is cost-benefit analysis the solution? / Cass R. Sunstein -- Part 5. Behavioral economics and finance. Choice architecture and retirement saving plans / Shlomo Benartzi, Ehud Peleg, Richard H. Thaler ; Behavioral economics analysis of employment law / Christine Jolls ; Decision making and policy in contexts of poverty / Sendhil Mullainathan, Eldar Shafir -- Part 6. Behavior change. Psychological levers of behavior change / Dale T. Miller, Deborah A. Prentice ; Turning mindless eating into healthy eating / Brian Wansink ; A social psychological approach to educational intervention / Julio Garcia, Geoffrey L. Cohen -- Part 7. Improving decisions. Beyond comprehension : figuring out whether decision aids improve people's decisions / Peter Ubel ; Using decision errors to help people help themselves / George Loewenstein, Leslie John, Kevin G. Volpp ; Doing the right thing willingly : using the insights of behavioral decision research for better environmental decisions / Elke U. Weber ; Overcoming decision biases to reduce losses from natural catastrophes / Howard Kunreuther, Robert Meyer, Erwann Michel-Kerjan -- Part 8. Decision contexts. Decisions by default / Eric J. Johnson, Daniel G. Goldstein ; Choice architecture / Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein, John P. Balz ; Behaviorally informed regulation / Michael S. Barr, Sendhil Mullainathan, Eldar Shafir -- Part 9. Commentaries. Psychology and economic policy / William J. Congdon ; Behavioral decision science applied to health-care policy / Donald A. Redelmeier ; Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Debiasing the policy makers themselves / Paul Brest ; Paternalism, manipulation, freedom and the good / Judith Lichtenberg.
Summary In recent years, remarkable progress has been made in behavioral research on a wide variety of topics, from behavioral finance, labor contracts, philanthropy, and the analysis of savings and poverty, to eyewitness identification and sentencing decisions, racism, sexism, health behaviors, and voting. Research findings have often been strikingly counterintuitive, with serious implications for public policymaking. In this book, leading experts in psychology, decision research, policy analysis, economics, political science, law, medicine, and philosophy explore major trends, principles, and general insights about human behavior in policy-relevant settings. Their work provides a deeper understanding of the many drivers--cognitive, social, perceptual, motivational, and emotional--that guide behaviors in everyday settings. They give depth and 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 collection examines the policy relevance of behavioral science to our social and political lives, to issues ranging from health, environment, and nutrition, to dispute resolution, implicit racism, and false convictions. The book illuminates the relationship between behavioral findings and economic analyses, and calls attention to what policymakers might learn from this vast body of groundbreaking work. Wide-ranging investigation into people's motivations, abilities, attitudes, and perceptions finds that they differ in profound ways from what is typically assumed. The result is that public policy acquires even greater significance, since rather than merely facilitating the conduct of human affairs, policy actually shapes their trajectory. The first interdisciplinary look at behaviorally informed policymaking. Leading behavioral experts across the social sciences consider important policy problems. A compendium of behavioral findings and their application to relevant policy domains.
Subject Social planning -- Psychological aspects.
Political planning -- Psychological aspects.
Policy sciences -- Psychological aspects.
Added Author Shafir, Eldar.
ISBN 9780691137568 hardback alkaline paper
0691137560 hardback alkaline paper
Standard No. 40021710549
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