Intuition is not evidence: Prescriptions for behavioral interventions from social psychology

Wilson, Timothy D.; Juarez, Lindsay

doi:10.1353/bsp.2015.0006

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“…However, as this research progresses (perhaps alongside with testing the effectiveness of belongingness interventions with veterans), it may provide a fruitful foundation for future programs designed to benefit veterans in the workplace. The "wise intervention" approach of targeting how people think about key transitions in their lives on the basis of psychological theories has been used across a wide range of domains (Brockner & Sherman, 2020;Cohen & Sherman, 2014;Walton & Wilson, 2018) but requires careful pilot testing and implementation (for a discussion, see Wilson & Juarez, 2015).…”

Section: Confronting Stereotype and Identity Threat In Postmilitary Employmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Challenges of Military Veterans in Their Transition to the Workplace: A Call for Integrating Basic and Applied Psychological Science

Shepherd

Sherman

MacLean

et al. 2020

Perspect Psychol Sci

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Long-standing structural features of the military have created a culture and society that is dramatically different and disconnected from civilian society. Thus, veterans transitioning to civilian society face a number of challenges related to fulfilling basic psychological needs (e.g., need for structure and order, belonging) and civilians’ reliance on stereotypes to understand military veterans. In an attempt to enrich the understanding of these challenges, we integrate social psychological theories and insights with research from sociology, clinical psychology, military psychology, and organizational behavior. Theories of compensatory control, stereotype threat, and stereotyping are drawn on to help explain the psychological challenges that veterans may encounter during their transition to civilian society. We present recent research that leverages these theories to understand issues veterans face. This theoretical integration illustrates the opportunity and potential for psychological researchers to conduct basic and applied research in the context of veterans and for clinicians and managers to draw on basic theory to inform programs and interventions.

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Section: Confronting Stereotype and Identity Threat In Postmilitary Employmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Challenges of Military Veterans in Their Transition to the Workplace: A Call for Integrating Basic and Applied Psychological Science

Shepherd

Sherman

MacLean

et al. 2020

Perspect Psychol Sci

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“…However, such measures are only effective if protective behaviours are widely adopted by the population (Hallsworth, 2020;Michie et al, 2020). Moreover, in critical situations such as this pandemic, where rapid behaviour change is necessary, it is crucial that public health policies and interventions be evidence-based, rather than rely on intuition (Faggiano et al, 2014;Wilson & Juarez, 2015). Having a clear picture of people's adoption of protective behaviours, and a thorough understanding of psychosocial correlates in the context of COVID-19, can inform communication strategies and contribute to fighting against the present and future outbreaks (Arden & Chilcot, 2020).…”

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Social Psychological Correlates of Protective Behaviours in the COVID‐19 Outbreak: Evidence and Recommendations from a Nationally Representative Sample

Moussaoui

Ofosu

Desrichard

2020

Applied Psych Health & Well

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Background A clear picture of people’s adoption of protective behaviours, and a thorough understanding of psychosocial correlates in the context of contagious diseases such as COVID‐19, is essential for the development of communication strategies, and can contribute to the fight against epidemics. Methods In this paper, we report a survey on the adoption of the recommended protective behaviours before and during the epidemic. We also assessed demographic correlates, and beliefs (towards COVID‐19 and protective behaviours, towards SARS‐CoV‐2 transmission, social dilemma variables, and perceived external cues) of a representative sample of British residents. Data were collected during the early stage of the COVID‐19 epidemic that spread worldwide in 2020. Results Results showed a marked increase in the adoption of protective behaviour. We also identified targets for intervention in variables related to transmission of the virus and social dilemma‐related beliefs. Sex differences in the adoption of protective measures, as well as differences associated with the frequency of social contacts, were associated with differences in beliefs. Conclusions These findings suggest changeable determinants, which could be targeted in global communication about COVID‐19, or in interventions targeting specific sub‐groups not following the protective measures.

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“…For instance, he used the 'Synectics' technique, a creative methodology that works with metaphor, imagery and the absurd in order to come up with novel ideas. Such alternative evaluative techniques are rarely mentioned in the prevailing BI discourse, which clearly prioritizes scientific over experiential knowledge with its core premise that '[i]ntuition is not evidence' (Wilson & Juarez 2015). The contingency observed here seems to run deep, and raises questions about whether the inherent tensions in the idea of a methodologically pluralist BI practice can be resolved.…”

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confidence: 89%

Inside the behavioural state

Feitsma¹

2020

Bestuurskunde

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1.1 Initiation into the behavioural state The emerging behavioural state: promise, pressure or phantom? How confident is present-day government? Not too confident, it would seem. Solving public problems is generally seen as an arduous challenge. Our late modern society doesn't lend itself to be 'engineered'. It has only become more uncertain, complex, and 'liquid' (Bauman 1999) than before (e.g. Beck 1992; Giddens 1998). This acknowledgement of complexity reflects how today's policymakers think, 'see' and act. They commonly acknowledge that some policy issues have become 'wicked' (Head 2008): so convoluted and contested-both substantively and procedurally, empirically and normatively-that they can at best be 'tamed'. Also, today's policymakers-part of the New Public Governance paradigm-generally realize that they are heavily dependent on other societal actors to get things done and that forging strong and unified public-private networks is far from easy. So they buckle up, strengthen their tolerance for uncertainty and nonperformance, and confess that public problem-solving simply isn't easy. And yet, in the past two decades a policy trend has emerged that goes in the opposite direction of a modest state. This trend has given birth to a type of state that seems all too confident about its ability to shape society. This confidence is drawn from the opportunities discovered by recent advances in the behavioural sciences. A body of 'behavioural insights' (e.g. Dolan et al. 2010; OECD 2017; Lourenço et al. 2016) has developed rapidly, showing how humans often don't make decisions in wholly rational, but often more automatic ways. These insights have given rise to an unorthodox policy style, which subtly intervenes in the everyday spaces of society based on rigorous behavioural analyses and experiments (e.g.

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Intuition is not evidence: Prescriptions for behavioral interventions from social psychology

Cited by 14 publications

References 32 publications

The Challenges of Military Veterans in Their Transition to the Workplace: A Call for Integrating Basic and Applied Psychological Science

The Challenges of Military Veterans in Their Transition to the Workplace: A Call for Integrating Basic and Applied Psychological Science

Social Psychological Correlates of Protective Behaviours in the COVID‐19 Outbreak: Evidence and Recommendations from a Nationally Representative Sample

Inside the behavioural state

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