What is the Decade of Behavior?

The Decade of Behavior (2000-2010) is a multidisciplinary initiative to focus the talents, energy, and creativity of the behavioral and social sciences on meeting many of society’s most significant challenges. These include improving education and health care; enhancing safety in homes and communities; actively addressing the needs of an aging population; and helping to curb drug abuse, crime, high risk behaviors, poverty, racism, and cynicism towards government. The beginning of the twenty-first century is the ideal time to highlight how insight into behavior will help meet these national challenges, and behavioral and social scientists are encouraged to bring their research results forward to help inform the public and the public policy process about the Decade's five major themes:

• Improving health
• Increasing safety
• Improving education
• Increasing prosperity
• Promoting democracy

What are the goals of the Decade of Behavior?

The major goals of the Decade of Behavior include, but are not limited to, the following:

• A multifaceted public education campaign about the importance and relevance of behavioral and social science research.
• Translation of behavioral and social science research findings into the public policy arena.
• Generation of new knowledge to address current challenges and to prepare the world for facing emerging problems in the 21st century.
• An action plan to recruit and retain the next generation of scholars in the behavioral and social sciences.
  

Using the Decade of Behavior Logo

We warmly invite your request for pre-formatted electronic copies of the image for your use.

We appreciate and encourage your efforts to promote the Decade of Behavior by using the logo! Upon request, we can provide you with the URL of a web page that contains the logo in several sizes and formats:

• .GIF files (animated or standard) for use on web pages
• .TIF files for use in print publications and color and grayscale (black and white) images.

IMPORTANT: Downloading of the logo implies your acceptance of the conditions below. The logo is owned by the APA and may be used only in accordance with the following conditions:

1. Organizations that have formally endorsed the Decade of Behavior are encouraged to use the logo on journals, newsletters, web pages, and materials promoting specific Decade activities and may use it for these purposes without express permission. Use of the logo by these organizations for any other purpose requires written permission from the Coordinating Office.
   
2. Entities that have not formally endorsed the Decade of Behavior are also encouraged to use the logo but must first obtain written permission from the Coordinating Office.
   
3. A copy of any journal, newsletter, web page, or any other set of materials that use the Decade of Behavior logo must be provided to the Coordinating Office.
   
4. The logo may not be used for the purposes of self-promotion, nor may it be used in connection with any commercial relationship without express prior written permission from the Coordinating Office.

When requesting the logo, please be sure to:

• please specify the intended use of the logo
  
• kindly remember to send us a final copy of the materials on which the logo appears and
  
• let us know how you learned about the Decade of Behavior--we want to remain informed about how knowledge of the initiative is spreading!

Thank you for promoting the Decade of Behavior!

Contact information:

Decade of Behavior
750 First Street NE
Washington, DC 20002-4242
Email: Decade of Behavior
Phone: 202-336-6000
Fax: 202-336-5953