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Behavioral Science Books
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Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 66 times as behavioral-science)
avg rating 4.17 — 601,797 ratings — published 2011
Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness (Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as behavioral-science)
avg rating 3.84 — 95,807 ratings — published 2008
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as behavioral-science)
avg rating 4.12 — 132,163 ratings — published 2008
Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as behavioral-science)
avg rating 4.16 — 24,010 ratings — published 2016
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as behavioral-science)
avg rating 4.13 — 569,732 ratings — published 2012
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as behavioral-science)
avg rating 4.01 — 904,227 ratings — published 2005
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as behavioral-science)
avg rating 3.96 — 626,511 ratings — published 2005
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as behavioral-science)
avg rating 4.21 — 180,524 ratings — published 1984
The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as behavioral-science)
avg rating 4.03 — 35,972 ratings — published 2010
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as behavioral-science)
avg rating 3.88 — 94,844 ratings — published 2011
The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as behavioral-science)
avg rating 3.99 — 64,698 ratings — published 2016
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as behavioral-science)
avg rating 3.95 — 126,469 ratings — published 2009
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 17 times as behavioral-science)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,360,249 ratings — published 2018
Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as behavioral-science)
avg rating 4.12 — 151,730 ratings — published 2021
Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as behavioral-science)
avg rating 3.67 — 16,806 ratings — published 2021
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as behavioral-science)
avg rating 4.08 — 144,839 ratings — published 2016
Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as behavioral-science)
avg rating 4.12 — 50,862 ratings — published 2013
The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone - Especially Ourselves (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as behavioral-science)
avg rating 3.93 — 16,989 ratings — published 2012
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as behavioral-science)
avg rating 4.00 — 340,637 ratings — published 2019
Outliers: The Story of Success (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as behavioral-science)
avg rating 4.19 — 878,292 ratings — published 2008
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as behavioral-science)
avg rating 4.37 — 33,044 ratings — published 2017
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as behavioral-science)
avg rating 4.11 — 90,036 ratings — published 1990
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as behavioral-science)
avg rating 4.01 — 861,477 ratings — published 2000
How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as behavioral-science)
avg rating 3.84 — 7,490 ratings — published 2021
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as behavioral-science)
avg rating 4.07 — 480,209 ratings — published 2012
The Rosie Effect (Don Tillman, #2)
by (shelved 10 times as behavioral-science)
avg rating 3.64 — 143,549 ratings — published 2014
Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as behavioral-science)
avg rating 3.94 — 7,591 ratings — published 2013
Menti tribali. Perché le brave persone si dividono su politica e religione (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as behavioral-science)
avg rating 4.19 — 67,593 ratings — published 2012
The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as behavioral-science)
avg rating 3.83 — 37,208 ratings — published 2004
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as behavioral-science)
avg rating 3.98 — 100,484 ratings — published 2006
Behavioral Insights (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series)
by (shelved 8 times as behavioral-science)
avg rating 3.77 — 173 ratings — published
Designing for Behavior Change: Applying Psychology and Behavioral Economics (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as behavioral-science)
avg rating 4.09 — 416 ratings — published 2013
Inside the Nudge Unit: How Small Changes Can Make a Big Difference (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as behavioral-science)
avg rating 3.98 — 1,043 ratings — published 2015
How to Win Friends & Influence People (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as behavioral-science)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,170,370 ratings — published 1936
What Every Body is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed-Reading People (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as behavioral-science)
avg rating 3.91 — 35,276 ratings — published 2008
Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as behavioral-science)
avg rating 4.03 — 55,373 ratings — published 2010
Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as behavioral-science)
avg rating 4.09 — 84,524 ratings — published 1995
The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as behavioral-science)
avg rating 4.28 — 341,877 ratings — published 2020
Alchemy: The Surprising Power of Ideas That Don't Make Sense (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as behavioral-science)
avg rating 4.20 — 9,344 ratings — published 2019
How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as behavioral-science)
avg rating 4.09 — 13,494 ratings — published 2017
Good Habits, Bad Habits: The Science of Making Positive Changes That Stick (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as behavioral-science)
avg rating 3.73 — 4,158 ratings — published 2019
Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as behavioral-science)
avg rating 4.12 — 35,505 ratings — published 2016
Stumbling on Happiness (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as behavioral-science)
avg rating 3.82 — 64,027 ratings — published 2006
Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as behavioral-science)
avg rating 4.06 — 137,839 ratings — published 1995
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Incerto)
by (shelved 7 times as behavioral-science)
avg rating 4.08 — 72,307 ratings — published 2001
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts
by (shelved 6 times as behavioral-science)
avg rating 4.04 — 29,373 ratings — published 2007
Get It Done: Surprising Lessons from the Science of Motivation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as behavioral-science)
avg rating 3.55 — 1,109 ratings — published 2022
The Power of Experiments: Decision Making in a Data-Driven World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as behavioral-science)
avg rating 3.46 — 246 ratings — published 2020
Engaged: Designing for Behavior Change (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as behavioral-science)
avg rating 4.17 — 124 ratings — published
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as behavioral-science)
avg rating 4.09 — 178,963 ratings — published 2006
“... [behavioral economics] has its limits. As policymakers use it to devise programs, it’s becoming clear that behavioral economics is being asked to solve problems it wasn’t meant to address. Indeed, it seems in some cases that behavioral economics is being used as a political expedient, allowing policymakers to avoid painful but more effective solutions rooted in traditional economics.
Behavioral economics should complement, not substitute for, more substantive economic interventions. If traditional economics suggests that we should have a larger price difference between sugar-free and sugared drinks, behavioral economics could suggest whether consumers would respond better to a subsidy on unsweetened drinks or a tax on sugary drinks.
But that’s the most it can do.”
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Behavioral economics should complement, not substitute for, more substantive economic interventions. If traditional economics suggests that we should have a larger price difference between sugar-free and sugared drinks, behavioral economics could suggest whether consumers would respond better to a subsidy on unsweetened drinks or a tax on sugary drinks.
But that’s the most it can do.”
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“Fighting injustice can have a way of turning people against each other instead of being able to clap back at the origins of the problems. Tackling the deep and complex work of combating racial, social, economic, and environmental injustice and working for access, equity, equality, eradicating ism's, peace, and ensuring human sustainability requires boldness, humility, hyper-vigilance, and relentless commitment to accountability...”
― Worth the Risk: How to Microdose Bravery to Grow Resilience, Connect More, and Offer Yourself to the World
― Worth the Risk: How to Microdose Bravery to Grow Resilience, Connect More, and Offer Yourself to the World
