Research
Potential Follow-up Increases Private Contributions to Public Goods
People contribute more to public goods when their contributions are made more observable to others.
Physician in Triage Versus Rotational Patient Assignment
BACKGROUND: Physician in triage and rotational patient assignment are different front-end processes that are designed to improve patient flow, but there are little or no data comparing them. OBJECTIV
Risk Mitigation and Trust: Experimental Evidence from Jordan and the United States
Creating Birds of Similar Feathers: Leveraging Similarity to Improve Teacher-Student Relationships and Academic Achievement.
When people perceive themselves as similar to others, greater liking and closer relationships typically result.
Reimagining Accountability in K-12 Education: A Behavioral Science Perspective
The primary lever American policymakers have used to improve school performance is “accountability” in the form of high-stakes testing.
How Quantifying Probability Assessments Influences Analysis and Decision Making: Experimental Evidence from National Security Professionals
National security is one of many fields where public officials offer imprecise probability assessments when evaluating high-stakes decisions.
Trust Your Gut or Think Carefully? Examining Whether an Intuitive, Versus a Systematic, Mode of Thought Produces Greater Empathic Accuracy
Cultivating successful personal and professional relationships requires the ability to accurately infer the feelings of others – i.e., to be empathically accurate.
Discouraged by Peer Excellence: Exposure to Exemplary Peer Performance Causes Quitting
People are exposed to exemplary peer performances often (and sometimes by design in interventions).
Real Fixes for Workplace Bias
Corporations, not-for-profit groups and governments spend billions of dollars every year on diversity training—without knowing whether the programs work.
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