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Unlocking Behaviour Change — 74 episodes
Communication for behaviour change
Can we make economic theory more accurate if we base it on behavioural science?
Economists have it all wrong: How we should be looking at 'utility'
The good and the bad consequences of classifying things differently!
Classifying the world - how we do it and what are the consequences?
'Stats beat experience every time (almost)'
How do we understand and use probability in decision-making?
Why every behavioural scientist should understand 'Bayesian' probability
The Odyssey, AI and the human condition
How does COM-B compare to the Theory of Planned Behaviour? Part 2 - What COM-B adds
How does COM-B compare to the Theory of Planned Behaviour? Part 1 - Understanding the TPB
Decision fail number 5 of 5: 'I didn't ask'
Decision fail number 4 of 5: 'I didn't imagine'
Decision fail number 3 of 5: 'I didn't think'
Decision fail number 2 of 5: 'I didn't check'
Decisions fails number 1 of 5: 'I didn't look'
Changing the behaviour of family and friends
Some slightly weird behaviour change techniques, and how to get the most out of practice
A deeper dive into behaviour change techniques and the 'Behaviour Change Technique Ontology'
What are Behaviour Change Techniques?
We have to talk about AI
Where do values come from and where do they go?
What role do values play in our behaviour?
Justice is in the eye of the beholder
Power struggles and group identity
The extraordinary motivating force of 'purpose' and 'transcendence'
The mysterious power of 'craving' and its role in addiction
Never underestimate the importance of being 'amused' as a motivational force
Matters of life and death
How important are 'agency' and 'understanding' as drivers of our behaviour?
Lots of things motivate our behaviour: Robert has been making a list ...
How pleasure and comfort versus pain and discomfort drive our behaviour
What makes us accept that changing our behaviour is a good idea?
CACTIS: A tools for developing behaviour change interventions using the COM-B model
How the COM-B model helps us understand the intervention-action gap
How identity and imagination can turn 'should' into 'want'.
The COM-B model in detail
Updating the COM-B model in the light of experience
How capability, opportunity and motivation interact to influence behaviour
Introducing the COM-B model of behaviour
Recap on the FACET framework for understanding real-world decision-making
How do we decide whom to trust when making decisions?
Unlocking Behaviour Change Podcast Episode 32: Embrace 'the power to disbelieve'
Unlocking Behaviour Change Podcast Episode 31: The benefits and pitfalls of democratic decision-making
Unlocking Behaviour Change Podcast Episode 30: Groupthink, risky shift and nuclear war!
Unlocking Behaviour Change Podcast Episode 29: The ebb and flow of group decision making
Unlocking Behaviour Change Podcast Episode 28: What are 'ontologies' and why they will be at the heart of behavioural science?
Unlocking Behaviour Change Podcast Episode 27: The desire to believe ...
Unlocking Behaviour Change Podcast Episode 26: Explaining decisions, 'optics' and the 'lose-change/win-stay' heuristic
Unlocking Behaviour Change Podcast Episode 25: Hot decisions
Unlocking Behaviour Change Podcast Episode 24: Emotions and decision-making
Unlocking Behaviour Change Podcast Episode 23: Loads more biases and why we shouldn't always eat everything left on our plate
Unlocking Behaviour Change Episode 22: False dichotomies and black and white thinking
Unlocking Behaviour Change Podcast Episode 21: Believing what we want or need to believe
Unlocking Behaviour Change Podcast Episode 20: Notice the difference!
Unlocking Behaviour Change Podcast Episode 19: Wine O-Clock, choosing solar panels and creativity
Unlocking Behaviour Change Podcast Episode 18: Schemas, Influencers & AI
Unlocking Behaviour Change Podcast Episode 17: Starting strong - ending strong
Unlocking Behaviour Change Podcast Episode 16: How we form impressions
Unlocking Behaviour Change Podcast Episode 15: Time to stop smoking ...?
Unlocking Behaviour Change Episode 14: Enacting real world decision - the case of smoking cessation
Unlocking Behaviour Change Podcast Episode 13: Comparing the options in real-world decision-making - the case of smoking cessation
Unlocking Behaviour Change Podcast Episode 12: How was assess options in decision-making - the case of smoking cessation
Unlocking Behaviour Change Podcast Episode 11: Applying the FACET framework to decisions about stopping smoking
Unlocking Behaviour Change Podcast Episode 10: Extra time
Unlocking Behaviour Change Podcast Episode 9: It's about time
Unlocking Behaviour Change Podcast Episode 8: Enacting and evaluating decisions
Unlocking Behaviour Change Podcast Episode 7: How we compare decision options
Unlocking Behaviour Change Podcast Episode 6: How we assess decision options
Unlocking Behaviour Change Podcast Episode 5: How decisions are 'framed' and why it is important
Unlocking Behaviour Change Podcast Episode 4: Introducing the FACET framework for understanding and analysing decisions
Unlocking Behaviour Change Podcast Episode 3: Hot and cool decisions & much more!
Unlocking Behaviour Change Podcast Episode 2: So ... what is a decision?
Unlocking Behaviour Change Podcast Episode 1: What this podcast series is all about