Large-scale surveys are useful but if we are serious about changing behaviours, we must use every tool to understand human complexity This is the first in a 5-part series of posts based on Steven ...

The great mysteries of human behaviour and its often irrational quirks are slowly but surely being solved, thanks to a combination of behavioural economics and booming research in neuroscience. It’s a ...

The PDG was influenced by a number of different theories, concepts and accounts of behaviour and behaviour change, drawn from the social and behavioural sciences. These include: resilience, coping, ...

When an individual with dementia demonstrates challenging behaviour, resists attempts at care, and becomes aggressive, the tendency is for caregivers to seek a quick fix. Physicians are aware that the ...

Recent comment and news - see the Secret Teacher and the Guardian story on levels of school exclusions - has made me realise how stuck the debate on developing children's good behaviour in schools has ...

Approach-avoidance behaviour represents a fundamental aspect of human interaction with the environment, delineating the inherent tendency to move towards stimuli perceived as positive and away from ...

Teachers greeting individual students personally at the door of a classroom could help improve disruptive behaviour, a report suggests. Guidance from the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) indicates ...

Jayliyah with Marie Gentles and Taylor who also featured in the documentary Beacon Hill Academy, Dudley, worked with behaviour expert Marie Gentles for a BBC documentary The secondary school had cut ...