Alan Wang
Journal 28 -- May 28th Post
Following my last journal post, after I quickly introduce what Behavioral Economics is as well as Systems 1 and 2, that’s when I’ll...
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Alan Wang
- May 21, 2020
- 1 min
Journal 27 -- May 21st Post
Continuing with the planning from last journal, I think it would be ideal to have an introduction most similar to option a. This is...
Alan Wang
- May 14, 2020
- 1 min
Journal 26 -- May 14th Post
For this journal, I’m going to plan out how the beginning of my podcast will go for my final project. The essential question is: Using...
Alan Wang
- May 7, 2020
- 1 min
Journal 25 -- May 7th Post
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/from-our-experts/do-social-networks-increase-or-decrease-the-covid-19-contagion-rate...
Alan Wang
- Apr 30, 2020
- 1 min
Journal 24 -- April 30 Post
In a response to two of my previous journal posts, Mrs. Gergen linked this article: https://som.yale.edu/blog/the-behavioral-science-of-c...
Alan Wang
- Apr 23, 2020
- 2 min
Journal 23 -- April 23rd Post
First off, i just want to say that it’s extremely satisfying that my April 23rd journal happens to be my 23rd journal. So.... back to...
Alan Wang
- Apr 22, 2020
- 3 min
Journal 22 -- April Interview Findings
Dr. John Clithero got back to me! Here are the questions I asked him as well as his responses: To my knowledge, Dr. Daniel Kahneman is...
Alan Wang
- Apr 18, 2020
- 2 min
Journal 21 -- April 16th Post
For this journal, I thought I’d give some quick updates on what I plan to do for my April interview/SDA. So firstly, I’m definitely doing...
Alan Wang
- Apr 9, 2020
- 2 min
Journal Twenty--April 9th Post
So after talking with Mr. Bott in a Google Meet on Tuesday, we decided that using these weekly April journals to also conduct “thought...
Alan Wang
- Apr 8, 2020
- 2 min
Journal Nineteen--Ted Talk review
The two Ted Talks I will be analyzing in this journal are Sam Harris’s Science can answer moral questions and Kahneman’s Terry Wu’s...
Alan Wang
- Apr 5, 2020
- 1 min
Journal Eighteen -- First (late) April Journal
So I was supposed to write a journal for April 2nd, but I forgot and now it’s April 5th… Better late than never I suppose. The truth is...
Alan Wang
- Mar 26, 2020
- 2 min
Journal Seventeen -- March SDA Reflection
In this SDA, the difference to my previous ones was the approach used. Before, I didn’t branch out in other fields nearly as much as I...
Alan Wang
- Mar 6, 2020
- 2 min
Journal Sixteen -- March SDA Goal Post
Hello! Long time no see. As of right now for my March SDA, I plan on applying the research I’ve done on Behavioral Economics so far this...
Alan Wang
- Feb 13, 2020
- 1 min
Journal Fifteen -- February QFocus Post
As Mr. Bott and I discussed in a meeting on Tuesday (2/11/20), I need to come up with a new theory or claim regarding Behavioral...
Alan Wang
- Jan 29, 2020
- 2 min
Journal Fourteen -- January Midterm Reflection
After our January Midterm ended, I felt like a huge weight had been lifted off of my shoulders. I was stressing and preparing very hard...
Alan Wang
- Jan 16, 2020
- 1 min
Journal Thirteen -- January Midterm Visual Planning
The theory that is the main focus of my January midterm is the idea of loss aversion and the endowment effect. I think I will supplement...
Alan Wang
- Jan 9, 2020
- 2 min
Journal Twelve -- Jan. 9 Midterm Planning Post
For the past 6 months now, I’ve been slowly chipping away at Thinking, Fast and Slow and I have around 80 pages left to read. Over the...
Alan Wang
- Dec 18, 2019
- 2 min
Journal Eleven -- December SDA Reflection
1) What did I do to succeed with this task? 2) How did I overcome the challenges I faced? 3) Did I meet my own standards for a quality...
Alan Wang
- Dec 9, 2019
- 1 min
Journal Ten -- December 8th post
For this (late) Journal post, I will be posting a “Q-Focus statement” that my SDA experiment will attempt to answer, as well as some...
Alan Wang
- Nov 24, 2019
- 2 min
Journal Nine -- November Journal 3: December SDA Plan
Like I mentioned in my previous journal, I’ve decided to do an experiment on my fellow high school students for my December SDA....
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