behavioural science
Britishnoun
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And that is down to behavioural science, the study of how humans behave, and what drives people to make the choices that they do.
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Before it was even known as behavioural science, companies were using the psychological tools it taps into to shape our choices.
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Ben Jones is from UK and Australia-based business consultancy The Behavioural Architects, which looks at behavioural science and how it can be used by companies.
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He says that in both the tobacco and toothpaste examples, the firms were tapping into something known in behavioural science as "authority bias".
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In the UK one of the most successful applications of behavioural science has been the introduction of auto-enrolment in work pensions from 2012.
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