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Reducing Risky Behavior
Risk Communication Can Be Risky Environmental Safety and Public Health Policy-Makers Often Make Matters Worse Communication of science-based information to the general public…particularly health-related information…is a well-studied field. This may be because it is so often done so poorly. Many public behavior interventions, especially those based on intuition, “common sense,” political persuasion or religious belief, […]
Reverse Psychology?
Yes, apparently you can actually get people to do something (or maybe NOT do something) by encouraging them to do the opposite. There is a growing body of research that shows people can be discouraged from doing things they find pleasurable by paying them to do those things. Theorists believe it demonstrates one of the […]
