With their new Behavior Change for Good Initiative, which launched in fall 2017, Dr. Angela Duckworth of the Master of Applied Positive Psychology program and Dr. Katherine L. Milkman of the Wharton School have an ambitious goal: To understand and improve behavior change across a lifespan. Their method works across many domains using strategies grounded in psychology and behavioral economics. “Rather than telling people, ‘do this,’ the tool [we are developing] gives them a menu and has them essentially choose their own treatment,” Dr. Duckworth shares.
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