PSYC 326
Choice and Decision Making
Last Offered Fall 2020
Division II
This course is not offered in the current catalog

Class Details

Being human means that we sometimes make choices that we know are bad for us. In this course we survey theoretical and experimental approaches to understanding our strengths and weaknesses as decision makers. Topics include rationality, the debate over cognitive biases, fast and frugal heuristics, impulsivity and self-control, addictions and bad habits, paternalism, and moral decision making.
The Class: Format: seminar/laboratory
Limit: 12
Expected: 12
Class#: 2659
Grading: no pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation: problem sets, essay papers, class and lab participation, and a research report
Prerequisites: PSYC 221 or 222 or permission of instructor; permission is typically given to students who have successfully completed ECON 110
Enrollment Preferences: senior Psychology majors who need the course to fulfill the major
Distributions: Division II
Attributes: COGS Interdepartmental Electives
PHLH Decision-Making by Institutions + Individuals
PSYC Area 2 - Cognitive Psychology
PSYC Empirical Lab Course

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