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The “hearts-and-minds frame”: Not all i-frame interventions are ineffective, but education-based interventions can be particularly bad

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2023

Ariella S. Kristal Open the ORCID record for Ariella S. Kristal [Opens in a new window]  and
Shai Davidai Open the ORCID record for Shai Davidai [Opens in a new window]
Ariella S. Kristal
Affiliation:
Management Division, Columbia Business School, New York, NY, USA [email protected]; www.ariellakristal.com [email protected]; www.shaidavidai.com
Shai Davidai
Affiliation:
Management Division, Columbia Business School, New York, NY, USA [email protected]; www.ariellakristal.com [email protected]; www.shaidavidai.com
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Abstract

Pitting i-frame policies against s-frame policies inadvertently propagates a false dichotomy that fails to distinguish between effective i-frame policies that directly change behaviors and ineffective education-based i-frame policies that try to change people's hearts and minds. We argue that people's fixation on changing hearts and minds may be an obstacle for behavioral science in policy.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 46 , 2023 , e166
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press

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