As January looms, so does the adage “New Year, New You.” Despite all good intentions, the adage's call to action seldom lasts beyond a few weeks. While statistics vary, the most common resolutions ...

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have discovered a specific brain region that underlies “goal-directed behavior”—that is, when we consciously do something with a particular goal in mind, say ...

Behaviors have intentional goals—what we plan or try to do—and tacit goals—what we implicitly try to do. Tacit goals are automatic behavioral impulses, based on autopilot judgments. Intentional and ...

New Year’s resolutions are an annual ritual of setting intentions for self-betterment, and health behavior goals—such as improving healthy eating and physical activity—are among the most popular.

Goal setting is a research-informed intervention that has demonstrated improved behavioral outcomes for students with emotional and behavioral disorders. However, not all students will respond to goal ...

To begin a Positive Behavior Interventions and Support program, schools start with five goals: maximizing the classroom’s physical space, teacher engagement with students, and explanations and use of ...

Organizational behavior (OB) is the study of how individuals, groups, and organizations interact and influence one another. Though, in the field of business management, it is a largely used concept as ...