Demeritt, AllisonHoff, Karla2015-03-112015-03-112015-02https://hdl.handle.net/10986/21592One of the most fruitful advances in modern economics has been the introduction of psychological realism into the model of "economic man." The World Development Report 2015 organizes the evidence about how humans actually think and make decisions into a coherent framework useful for designing development policy. This paper elaborates on the three principles of human thinking that constitute the report's intellectual framework: Human thinking is dual process -- automatic as well as deliberative (thinking automatically); it is conditioned by social context and the salience of social identities (thinking socially); and it is shaped by mental models that are socially constructed (thinking with mental models). Behavioral insights create scope for policy interventions that produce "miracles" from the perspective of traditional economics.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACHIEVEMENTAGEDAGGRESSIVEANXIETYATTENTIONATTITUDES OF TEACHERSAUTISMBEHAVIOR CHANGEBEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENTBEHAVIORSBELIEFSBEST PRACTICESCATEGORIZATIONCHILD DEVELOPMENTCHILD SURVIVALCIVIL SOCIETYCLASSROOMSCOGNITIVE SCIENCECOLLEGESCOMMON SENSECOMMUNITIESCOMPETENCECOMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENTCRIMEDECISION MAKINGDECISION-MAKINGDEMAND FOR EDUCATIONDISCIPLINESDISCUSSIONSDISENGAGEMENTEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTEDUCATIONAL CAREEREDUCATIONAL OUTCOMESEFFICIENT COORDINATIONEMOTIONEMPLOYMENTENROLLMENTETHICSEXAMEXERCISESFAMILIESFEMALE EDUCATIONGENDERGIRLSHEALTH CAREHEURISTICSHIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSHUMAN RESOURCESIDEAIDEASINDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICSINSIGHTSINTERVENTIONINTERVENTIONSLAWSLEADERSHIPLEADINGMARKETINGMENTAL CONSTRUCTSMENTAL MODELSMORTALITYNATURAL SCIENCESOPEN ACCESSPAPERSPATIENTSPERCEPTIONPERSONALITYPHYSICIANSPOST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONSPRACTITIONERSPRIMINGPRODUCTIVITYPROFESSIONAL IDENTITYPSYCHOLOGISTSPSYCHOLOGYPUBLIC SCHOOLSQUALITY SCHOOLSREASONINGRESEARCHERSRITUALSRULES OF THUMBSCHOOL ATTENDANCESCHOOLINGSCHOOLSSECONDARY SCHOOLSSMOKINGSOCIAL EXCLUSIONSOCIAL FABRICSOCIAL GROUPSOCIAL GROUPSSOCIAL IDENTITYSOCIAL SCIENTISTSSTUDENT PERFORMANCETEACHERTEACHERSTEXTBOOKSTHERAPYTHINKINGUNDERGRADUATESUNIVERSITY STUDENTSVIOLENCEYOUTH10.1596/1813-9450-7197