THINKING OUTSIDE THE SKINNER BOX

CONVENTION  SOLONS CALL ON BIDEN TO UNLEASH THE BEHAVIOR CHANGING HARPY OF DOOM

"It is a fact that we can change human behaviors without much change to our lifestyle and we can save the future generations of our country and this world."  THE HILL  19 MARCH 2020:

Sen. Kamala Harris campaigning in Myrtle Beach, SC.
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Her speechwriters didn't have to look far for  that line :

Using  social and behavioural              science to support COVID-19 pandemic response

AUTHORS

• Jay Van Bavel
• Katherine Baicker
• Paulo Boggio
• Valerio Capraro
• Aleksandra Cichocka
• Molly Crockett
• Mina Cikara
• Alia Crum
• Karen Douglas
• James Druckman
• John Drury
• Oeindrila Dube
• Naomi Ellemers
• Eli J. Finkel
• James H. Fowler
• MIchele Gelfand
• Shihui Han
• S. Haslam
• Jolanda Jetten
• Shinobu Kitayama
• dean mobbs
• Lucy Napper
• Dominic Packer
• Gordon Pennycook
• Ellen Peters
• Richard Petty
• David Rand
• Stephen D. Reicher
• Simone Schnall
• Azim Shariff
• Sandra Smith
• Linda Skitka
• Cass Sunstein
• Nassim Tabri
• Joshua Tucker
• Sander van der Linden
• Paul van Lange
• Kim Weeden
• Michael Wohl
• jamil zaki
• Sean Zion
• Robb Willer

Researchers have been deeply involved in developing messages aimed at changing people’s behavior to curb the coronavirus pandemic, and studying which ones work.

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Crushing coronavirus means ‘breaking the habits of a lifetime.’ 

Behavior scientists have some tips

By Warren CornwallApr. 16, 2020 , 10:50 AM

Science’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center.

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With no vaccine or medication to cope with the novel coronavirus, people around the world have sought—or been ordered to seek—protection by changing the way they act in ways large and small, from their washing hands more frequently to avoiding almost all physical contact. Now, government and industry leaders are turning to behavioral scientists for advice on how to persuade their citizens and workers to abide by such dramatic changes.

To beat the pandemic, we need “a more rapid change of behavior than I can think of in recent human history,” says Robb Willer, a sociologist at Stanford University. He recently helped recruit more than 40 top behavioral scientists to summarize their field’s research on how to steer people into certain actions and how it might aid the response to the pandemic.