Behavioral Driver Taxonomy

PSYWERX Driver Taxonomy

Understand the forces that shape behavior.

Explore a structured taxonomy of behavioral drivers spanning eight interacting layers—from biological capacity to technological systems.

Explore the taxonomy

AI-assisted operationalization — Coming soon

Scenario AI will help apply this Driver to a specific actor, behavior or objective, and context, with concrete operationalization examples and questions to investigate.

793
canonical drivers
8
interacting layers
105
driver families

Explore the ontology

Driver Explorer

Browse the taxonomy as a hierarchy or combine structured facets with keyword search.

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Layer → Family → Driver

Choose a layer

Start with one of the eight interacting layers.

PSYWERX Driver Record

Scenario application

Apply Drivers to a scenario

Define the situation once, then explicitly operationalize individual Drivers as you review them. Scenario text is stored only in this browser tab session. When you request an operationalization, it is sent transiently to the configured Scenario service and its AI provider; it is not saved by this Explorer. Do not enter classified, controlled, personally identifying, or otherwise sensitive information.

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