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Amy Bucher, Ph.D.

Applied Behavioral Science for Health and Well-Being

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Seizing the Opportunity: Career Advice from the Boss

Have you ever noticed the phenomenon of the overnight sensation? Suddenly an actor has a starring role in a blockbuster film and becomes famous. A […]

CareerPosted on: April 25, 2017April 17, 2017

Second Place? Don’t Sweat It

Many times in life you might not be someone’s first choice for a job or a role. Often we may not even know it. You […]

CareerPosted on: April 19, 2017April 17, 2017

From the Archives: Competition, Collaboration, and Writing

I was browsing through some of my old documents, and came across a piece I wrote in grad school about competition and collaboration in academia, […]

PsychologyPosted on: July 6, 2016July 5, 2016

How A Revolutionary War Hero Used Modern Psychology

Sometimes I think the formal study of behavior science is really about putting names and a framework around concepts we already intuitively understand. After all, […]

PsychologyPosted on: June 1, 2016

The Value of Fear

People’s natural instinct when confronted with a scary situation is to avoid it. On reflection, most of us realize the downside to running away from […]

PsychologyPosted on: May 9, 2016April 29, 2016

When I Don’t Know that You Don’t Know What I Know: Hidden Profiles and Expert Information

I’ve been reading Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days. One of the key Monday activities is gathering information […]

Innovation , PsychologyPosted on: April 1, 2016March 31, 2016

Being Both: The Psychology of Identity Integration

Certain identities are deeply meaningful for the time and the place in which we live. Being a woman in the 21st century United States carries […]

Happiness , PsychologyPosted on: December 9, 2015December 8, 2015

Procrastinating by “Pre-Crastinating”

In college, I’d say I was a procrastinator. I’ve always worked well under a deadline, and what better way to incite that energizing pressure than […]

Happiness , PsychologyPosted on: October 30, 2015October 27, 2015

What Airplane Pilots and Surgeons Have In Common: How Structure Enables Safety

In many high performance jobs, the tasks are done in as standard a manner as possible. Following a precise set of procedures accomplishes a number […]

PsychologyPosted on: October 14, 2015October 18, 2016

Case Study: The Lion and The Owl Share a Manager. He’s a Cat.

I have a few general criticisms of personality tests in the workplace, many of which stem from people’s interpretation of them as deterministic diagnoses. Too […]

Career , Case Study , PsychologyPosted on: September 11, 2015September 5, 2015

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