Title: Nudge: How Small Changes Can Significantly Influence People’s Choices – Effectiviology
Headings: Nudge: How Small Changes Can Significantly Influence People’s Choices
Nudge: How Small Changes Can Significantly Influence People’s Choices
Table of contents
Examples of nudges
Types of nudges
The psychology of nudging
Negative nudges
How to use nudges
How to respond to nudges
Ethics and criticisms of nudging
Summary and conclusions

Content: For example, to encourage people to save more money, a workplace can design relevant forms in a way that visually attracts people’s attention to the available saving program. Informing people. Informing people of things such as the benefits or dangers of certain options can influence their behavior. For example, giving people a simple flyer with information about their employer’s retirement savings plan can lead people to contribute more to it. Reminding people of information they know. Reminding people of information that they already know can influence people’s behavior, similarly to informing them of things that they didn’t know. For example, reminding doctors about the problem of antibiotic resistance in society can reduce the amount of unnecessary antibiotics that they prescribe to patients. Reminding people to do something. Reminding people to do something that they need to do can prompt them to take action. For example, sending people a reminder that they need to schedule a doctor’s appointment can increase the likelihood that people will do so when necessary.