Tag: psychology
By any other name
Monday 6 September 2010, 7:13 pm
In which we discover that a rose by another other name does not smell as sweet.
To nudge or not to nudge
Friday 11 June 2010, 12:49 am
Tonight I attended a panel at the RSA on whether or not consumers should be nudged.
The first two panelists, Sir Martin Sorrell and Dr Andy Wood, decided to address Corporate Social Responsibility at WPP and Adnams respectively. While interesting and impressive, neither panelist directly addressed the questions of whether or not customers should be [...]
Motivation filtered through opportunity
Saturday 5 June 2010, 7:41 am
Look, behavior is motivation filtered through opportunity. So if you see people behaving in new ways, like with Wikipedia and whatnot, it’s very unlikely that their motivations have changed, because human nature doesn’t change that quickly. It’s quite likely that the opportunities have changed.
Clay Shirky, speaking with Daniel Pink about cognitive surplus and intrinsic motivation.
This [...]
Are we born with an innate sense of right and wrong?
Thursday 6 May 2010, 11:20 pm
Not long ago, a team of researchers watched a 1-year-old boy take justice into his own hands. The boy had just seen a puppet show in which one puppet played with a ball while interacting with two other puppets. The center puppet would slide the ball to the puppet on the right, who would pass [...]
