There are many theories on the buying behavior of individuals, and businesses are constantly analyzing them to figure out how to persuade consumers to buy their products and services. Often a customer ...

Discover how Freudian motivation theory impacts investor behavior, drawing on unconscious desires and motives for informed financial decisions.

Douglas MacGregor's Theories X and Y classify employees as either extrinsically motivated by fear of consequences or desire for reward, or intrinsically motivated by a will to succeed, respectively.

Discover how mechanism design theory uses incentives and game theory to achieve desired outcomes in economics and businesses while overcoming self-interest challenges.

We engage with people daily in many ways, navigating situations where we may share goals or have diverging interests. These interactions demand myriad skills, though we're often unaware that we are ...

In his decades-long career in tech journalism, Dennis has written about nearly every type of hardware and software. He was a founding editor of Ziff Davis’ Computer Select in the 1990s, senior ...

Professor Yang Yongzhong has proposed the global proposition of"The Methodization of Human Behavior: From 'Thinking Thrice BeforeActing' to 'Ask Thrice Before Acting'".（杨永忠提出“行为方法化”理念，倡导“三思而后行”向“三问而 ...

This post is in response to Anxiety and Depression Are Symptoms, Not Diseases By Gregg Henriques Ph.D. Given that many readers found my claims about the nature of depression controversial (here and ...

Not least because of the COVID-19 pandemic, conspiracy theories are more topical than ever. They are reported and discussed in almost all media and communication channels. But what influence do they ...

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