--- title: "The Council of Psychological Advisers." url: "https://conversion.stevebaka.de/studien/10-1146-annurev-psych-081914-124745/" type: "study" language: de-DE description: "Findings in behavioral science, including psychology, have influenced policies and reforms in many nations. Choice architecture can affect outcomes even if material incentives are not involved. In some contexts, default rules, simplification, and social norms have had even larger effects than significant economic incentives. Psychological research is helping to inform initiatives in savings, finance, highway safety, consumer protection, energy, climate change, obesity, education, poverty, development, crime, corruption, health, and the environment. No nation has yet created a council of psychological advisers, but the role of behavioral research in policy domains is likely to grow in the coming years, especially in light of the mounting interest in promoting ease and simplification (\"navigability\"); in increasing effectiveness, economic growth, and competitiveness; and in providing low-cost, choice-preserving approaches." --- # The Council of Psychological Advisers. > The Council of Psychological Advisers.: Findings in behavioral science, including psychology, have influenced policies and reforms in many nations. [Choice architecture](/konzepte/default-effect/) can affect outcomes even if material incentives are not involved. In some contexts, default rules, simplification, and social norms have had even larger effects than significant economic incentives. Psychological research is helping to inform initiatives in savings, finance, highway safety, consumer protection, energy, climate change, obesity, education, poverty, development, crime, corruption, health, and the environment. No nation has yet created a council of psychological advisers, but the role of behavioral research in policy domains is likely to grow in the coming years, especially in light of the mounting interest in promoting ease and simplification ("navigability"); in increasing effectiveness, economic growth, and competitiveness; and in providing low-cost, choice-preserving approaches. Evidenzgrad C, Risk of Bias unclear. ## Quelle Autor:innen: Cass R Sunstein Jahr: 2016 Journal/Quelle: Annual review of psychology DOI: 10.1146/annurev-psych-081914-124745 APA: Sunstein, C. R. (2016). The Council of Psychological Advisers. Annual review of psychology. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-081914-124745 ## Forschungsfrage / Summary Findings in behavioral science, including psychology, have influenced policies and reforms in many nations. [Choice architecture](/konzepte/default-effect/) can affect outcomes even if material incentives are not involved. In some contexts, default rules, simplification, and social norms have had even larger effects than significant economic incentives. Psychological research is helping to inform initiatives in savings, finance, highway safety, consumer protection, energy, climate change, obesity, education, poverty, development, crime, corruption, health, and the environment. No nation has yet created a council of psychological advisers, but the role of behavioral research in policy domains is likely to grow in the coming years, especially in light of the mounting interest in promoting ease and simplification ("navigability"); in increasing effectiveness, economic growth, and competitiveness; and in providing low-cost, choice-preserving approaches. ## Methode und Evidenzqualität [Studien](/studien/)typ: Studie Risk of Bias: unclear Evidenzgrad: C ## Key Findings Evidence-Fill Queue: Findings werden aus Volltext, Abstract und Review-Notizen konsolidiert. ## Effektgrößen / Outcomes Evidence-Fill Queue: Effektgrößen und Outcomes werden aus Volltext-Extraktionen priorisiert. ## Conversion-Implikationen Evidence-Fill Queue: Conversion-Implikationen werden nur ausgespielt, wenn Mechanismus, Kontext und Messgröße ableitbar sind. ## Limitationen Evidence-Fill Queue: Limitationen werden aus Risk-of-Bias-, Sample- und Methodikfeldern ergänzt. ## Verknüpfte Konzepte - [Social Proof](/konzepte/social-proof/) ## Unterstützte Claims - [Der untersuchte Consumer-Psychology-Effekt ist potenziell relevant für Conversion-Optimierung, benötigt aber noch genauere Claim-Extraktion.](/claims/consumer-psychology-effect-relevant-to-conversion/) ## FAQ ### Worum geht es in dieser Studie? The Council of Psychological Advisers.: Findings in behavioral science, including psychology, have influenced policies and reforms in many nations. [Choice architecture](/konzepte/default-effect/) can affect outcomes even if material incentives are not involved. In some contexts, default rules, simplification, and social norms have had even larger effects than significant economic incentives. Psychological research is helping to inform initiatives in savings, finance, highway safety, consumer protection, energy, climate change, obesity, education, poverty, development, crime, corruption, health, and the environment. No nation has yet created a council of psychological advisers, but the role of behavioral research in policy domains is likely to grow in the coming years, especially in light of the mounting interest in promoting ease and simplification ("navigability"); in increasing effectiveness, economic growth, and competitiveness; and in providing low-cost, choice-preserving approaches. Evidenzgrad C, Risk of Bias unclear. ### Welche Evidenz wird genutzt? Die Seite nutzt Claims, Studien, Use Cases und Quellen aus dem SurrealDB Knowledge Graph der Conversion-Psychologie-Wissensbasis. ### Ist die Ausgabe auf Deutsch verfügbar? Ja. Alle menschenlesbaren Inhalte und Agent-Ausgaben sind standardmäßig deutsch. ## Quellen - Sunstein, C. R. (2016). The Council of Psychological Advisers. Annual review of psychology. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-081914-124745 [Quelle öffnen](https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-081914-124745) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://conversion.stevebaka.de/#website", "url": "https://conversion.stevebaka.de", "name": "conversion.stevebaka.de", "description": "Deutschsprachige Wissensbasis und Audit-Plattform für evidenzbasierte Conversion-Psychologie.", "publisher": { "@id": "https://conversion.stevebaka.de/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://conversion.stevebaka.de/#organization", "name": "conversion.stevebaka.de", "url": "https://conversion.stevebaka.de", "parentOrganization": { "@id": "https://stevebaka.de/#organization" }, "sameAs": [ "https://stevebaka.de" ] }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://conversion.stevebaka.de/autoren/steve-baka/#person", "name": "Steve Baka", "url": "https://conversion.stevebaka.de/autoren/steve-baka/", "sameAs": [ "https://stevebaka.de" ], "jobTitle": "Conversion- und AI-Infrastructure-Berater", "knowsAbout": [ "Conversion-Psychologie", "Verkaufspsychologie", "Behavioral Science", "GraphRAG", "SurrealDB", "D-A-CH Conversion Optimierung" ] }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://conversion.stevebaka.de/studien/10-1146-annurev-psych-081914-124745/#webpage", "url": "https://conversion.stevebaka.de/studien/10-1146-annurev-psych-081914-124745/", "name": "The Council of Psychological Advisers.", "description": "Findings in behavioral science, including psychology, have influenced policies and reforms in many nations. 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Autor:innen: Cass R Sunstein Jahr: 2016 Journal/Quelle: Annual review of psychology DOI: 10.1146/annurev psych 081914 124745 APA: Sunstein, C. R. (2016). The Council of Psychological Advisers. Annual review of psychology. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev psych 081914 124745 Forschungsfrage / Summary. Findings in behavioral science, including psychology, have influenced policies and reforms in many nations. Choice architecture can affect outcomes even if material incentives are not involved. In some contexts, default rules, simplification, and social norms have had even larger effects than significant economic incentives. Psychological research is helping to inform initiatives in savings, finance, highway safety, consumer protection, energy, climate change, obesity, education, poverty, development, crime, corruption, health, and the environment. 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