Leaving bonds followed by homophily
Blog Post 1: Leaving bonds followed by homophily People were born with such small bonds but gradually get bigger and bigger even without effort. However, it is common that people get to discover differences in personality, background, taste, and also nature such as how they identify themself. In most cases, being born into a […]
The Matching Algorithm & Medical Student Residencies
Resource: https://stanford.edu/~alroth/NAEhealthcareTalk.transcribed.html The National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) is an organization that is crucial to connecting medical students to their future residencies and fellowships. However, the NRMP was not always an important factor in the lives of medical students; it used to be that medical students followed a process similar to what students in other […]
The Power of Weak Ties
A social network is a model that maps the social interactions and relationships between people. Social networks, which can be digital and in-person, are generally composed of smaller networks and communities. Real-world networks consist of groups of densely connected people who comprise communities, which are then connected through sparsely distributed ties. A connection between one […]
Game Theory in Video Game Development
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228573564_Game_Theory_and_video_game_a_new_approach_of_game_theory_to_analyze_and_conceive_game_systems The application of game theory and the general logic used in a payoff matrix can be applied in many fields, including the development of video games. In their paper, Guardiola and Natkin discussed how game theory—notably the payoff matrix—can be useful in predicting how the player interacts with artificial dilemmas presented to them. […]
Structural Balance Theory in the World of Pirates
Let’s take a look at the fictional work One Piece and in order to do so we must first understand some context. The world of One Piece is currently in “the Great Pirate Era” in which there are countless pirates all trying to amass great wealth from looting, pillaging, and other […]
The Social Network Analysis on The Harvard Impact Study: “Educational Experiences and Outcomes at the United World Colleges: an Investigation of Impact”
I, being a United World College Dilijan alumni now, had a chance to participate in this very interesting yet intriguing study carried out for five years by Harvard University. The study’s mission was to measure the UWC movement’s educational experiences and outcomes. The UWC movement consists of 18 international boarding schools across the globe and […]
Understanding the Foundation of Makeup Wearing using Game Theory
Amidst the marketing formulae, the makeup industries have unceasingly raised people’s standards for appearances by overexaggerating the effect of small imperfections. By promoting beauty products with more and more functionalities, these industries thrive on people’s insecurities. Gail Dines, a sociology professor at Wheelock College said, “If tomorrow, women woke up and decided they really liked […]
Bargaining and power dynamics in marital relationships
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0001699319859418 How do partners split up housework to ensure all tasks get completed and each partner feels satisfied with the amount of work they have done? This question comes from a bargaining situation between spouses where power dynamics decide the stable outcome. Housework is not something most would like to have to do, and it […]
Applying Game Theoretic Concepts to Explain the Energy Problem in Europe
https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/261345/1/Ehrhart%20et%20al.%20%282022%29%2C%20Introducing%20a%20price%20cap%20on%20Russian%20gas.pdfhttps://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/261345/1/Ehrhart%20et%20al.%20%282022%29%2C%20Introducing%20a%20price%20cap%20on%20Russian%20gas.pdf The Russian invasion of Ukraine has had many global consequences, the foremost of which for European countries has been the rise in prices of oil and gas. European economic sanctions of Russia have prompted counter-sanctions from Russia, specifically in regards to its energy exports, driving up these prices for most of Europe. Due to […]
Parasocial Relationships: Does Ned from the Try Guys owe you an explanation?
The concept of a parasocial relationship was first brought about in the 1950s and was described as our human tendency to create “intimacy at a distance.” In today’s digital age, content creators and influencers often make their personal lives and relationships very public. Many YouTubers influencers post daily vlogs and have introduced their close friends […]
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