Behavioural sciences

In society today around half of all deaths are connected to behavioural and lifestyle aspects, such as smoking, unhealthy diets, lack of physical activity and large consumptions of alcohol. Therefore in 2010 a political group starting at 10 Downing Street as the world’s very first organisation devoted to the application of behavioural sciences. The organisation was set up to ensure that people could have better life choices and change certain aspects

animal may suffer as a consequence (Home Office 2016). A 2005 literature review found that the overall use of post-operative analgesics for laboratory rodents was low, and suggested a connection with poor pain assessment methods and overlooking behavioural marks (Richardson and Flecknell 2005, Roughan and Flecknell 2003). As there is no gold standard for assessing pain in existence, there is a growing need for trustworthy ways to assess pain, that can potentially be utilized by

According to the Cambridge Centre for Behaviour Studies, (n.d., P1) ‘Behavioural safety is the application of behavioural research on human performance to the problems of the safety in the workplace.’ Behaviour Based Safety (BBS) is an approach based on research of people’s behaviour (what they do and why they do it) and applies scientific theories into practical problems. (HSA0392, 2017) It is also described as a bottom-up approach (H. L. Kaila, 2008), because frontline workers help manager to observe

defined by Richard Beckhard, "Organization development" (OD) is a planned, top-down, organization-wide effort to increase the organization's effectiveness and health. OD is achieved through interventions in the organization's "processes," using behavioural science knowledge.[1] According to Warren Bennis, OD is a complex strategy intended to

Industrial-organizational (I/O) psychology is the application of psychological principles and the scientific method to solve work-related problems (Spector, 2008). I/O psychologists help solve different problems of the workplace by studying worker attitudes and behavior. The film, Antz (Darnell, Johnson, Alcott, Weitz, & Weitz, 1998) is set in an ant colony that represents a workplace and gives examples of various topics correlated to I/O psychology. The goal of this paper is to highlight the topics

of the argument that you are on it cannot be denied that these moves spark mass discussion. The question can be asked are animals places on this earth for our amusement and entertainment or they here that we may cohabit with all aspects of life. Science has proven that some animals have shown signs of distress while being in captivity. Animals have been known to control and also are able to modify their environment. An important part in doing that, animals exhibit normal behavior. Animals that are

Social Effect of Technology on Children Alarm clock goes off - checks phone, sitting on the bus - plays games, eating dinner with the family - texting friends, trying to go to bed - scrolls through social media… this has become the everlasting cycle that drives the typical teenage kid into social destruction and retrains them from witnessing first-hand experiences of the real world. As the new generation becomes teenagers, we can see the social development and can research how our technological

Addendum by Erden Ozan Cesur As the one that has worked in various areas of Human Resources for more than 13 years, it is my strong desire and goal to make a career shift to academic life in the field of Psychology in general and Organisational Psychology in particular. The main motive that leads to this major shift in my career is that I believe that an academic career starting with master degree and then followed by a PhD in the field of Organisational Psychology is promising opportunities for

At the moment, there are different trends that psychology is at and will progress to regarding demographics, technology, and innovation of ideas. An article by the Monitor of Psychology demonstrates through a survey of health providers the reality of the demographic they are reaching out to. It also addresses the different ways that practitioners are treating clients. According to the study, thirty-nine percent of respondents shared electronic medical records with other professionals. And while only

According to personality chart I fall in the region of the “D” personality. While I find that interesting, I also find it troubling as I would say I have many layers and people who first meet me will definitely miss out on my true and best attributes if they don’t stick around to get to know me. By layers I’m talking about the different characteristic that make up my personality. The personality chart says I have a “D” personality with a few characteristics of “C” and “I” personality, but I would