Scientists have studied human behavior change for decades, and there are hundreds of theoretical models designed to explain ...

Behaviorism was born from research done by Ivan Pavlov in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Pavlov’s research into animal digestion led to the recognition that the animals that were being ...

We engage with people daily in many ways, navigating situations where we may share goals or have diverging interests. These interactions demand myriad skills, though we're often unaware that we are ...

The PhD in Health Behavior is offered by the Department of Health Behavior. Health Behavior doctoral students learn to use theories and methods from the social and behavioral sciences to develop ...

Arthur W. Staats, Ph.D., inventor of "time-out" and the Token Reinforcer System, and a forefather of cognitive behavioral psychology, has passed. Staats was born in 1924 in New York. Following his ...