Behavioral Sciences
Behavioral Sciences
- Target behavior specificity: Is the behavior clearly defined, observable, and measurable?
- Causal pathway clarity: How exactly the intervention is expected to change behavior.
- Evidence hierarchy: Quality of evidence supporting effectiveness (field trials vs lab results).
- Context dependence: Cultural, institutional, and situational factors affecting outcomes.
- Effect size & durability: Magnitude of behavior change and persistence over time.
- Spillover effects: Behavioral substitution, rebound effects, or crowding-out.
- Heterogeneity of impact: Differential effects across populations and settings.
- Ethical legitimacy: Consent, transparency, manipulation risk, autonomy preservation.
- Incentive compatibility: Alignment with underlying motivations and constraints.
- Scalability & implementation fidelity: Whether effects survive scale-up and operational variation.
- Cost-effectiveness: Resources required per unit of behavior change.
- Misuse & weaponization risk: Potential for coercive, discriminatory, or deceptive use.
- Exit & reversibility: Ability to stop or reverse interventions without harm.