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behavioral scientist

American  
[bi-hayv-yer-uhl sahy-uhn-tist] / bɪˈheɪv jər əl ˈsaɪ ən tɪst /

noun

  1. a person engaged in or having expertise in behavioral science.


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I hope not, as I’m no cowboy, but when the study was released, Kogan and co-researcher Shelly Volsche, an applied behavioral scientist at Boise State University, were met with heavy criticism.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

JPMorgan Chase, for example, hired a behavioral scientist in 2024 to help employees talk to customers who might be under a scammer’s influence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

“I know so many people who are in principle on the team of public transit. They’d like to take it more often,“ Todd Rogers, a behavioral scientist at the Harvard Kennedy School, told me.

From Slate ● Dec. 3, 2024

In a 2023 interview with the American Psychological Association, behavioral scientist Coltan Scrivner shared these insights about the psychology of fear and morbid curiosity:

From Salon ● May 17, 2024

A behavioral scientist could hardly design a better experiment in his laboratory.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

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