Judgment and Decision Biases I

  • Teaching

    Details

    Faculty Faculty of Humanities
    Domain Psychology
    Code UE-L25.00714
    Languages English
    Type of lesson Seminar
    Level Master
    Semester SA-2020

    Schedules and rooms

    Summary schedule Wednesday 15:15 - 17:00, Bi-mensuel impaire (Autumn semester)

    Teaching

    Teachers
    • Macho Siegfried
    Description

     

    Overview:

    The course comprises the following chapters:

    1. Introduction: What is rational behavior and how can we assess whether human behavior is rational?

    2. Biases in causality and contingency judgments;

    3. Memory judgments and memory errors;

    4. Probability judgments and probabilistic reasoning;

    5. Paradoxes and biases in human decision making.
    Training objectives

     

    Learning objectives:

    The course has three main goals:

    1. Presentation of the most important phenomena;

    2. Explication of cognitive mechanisms underlying the biases and errors;

    3. Helping people to avoid cognitive biases.
    Comments

    The course starts on the 23rd of September, 2020. A complete manuscript as well as the slides of the single lectures are available on GFRI. By consequence, your presence in the course is not obligatory.

     
    Softskills Yes
    Off field Yes
    BeNeFri No
    Mobility No
    UniPop No
  • Dates and rooms
    Date Hour Type of lesson Place
    23.09.2020 15:15 - 17:00 Cours RM 01, Room C-0.101
    07.10.2020 15:15 - 17:00 Cours RM 01, Room C-0.101
    21.10.2020 15:15 - 17:00 Cours RM 01, Room C-0.101
    04.11.2020 15:15 - 17:00 Cours RM 01, Room C-0.101
    18.11.2020 15:15 - 17:00 Cours RM 01, Room C-0.101
    02.12.2020 15:15 - 17:00 Cours RM 01, Room C-0.101
    16.12.2020 15:15 - 17:00 Cours RM 01, Room C-0.101
  • Assessments methods

    Examen - SA-2020, Session d'hiver 2021

    Assessments methods By rating, By success/failure

    Examen - SP-2021, Session d'été 2021

    Assessments methods By rating, By success/failure

    Examen - SP-2021, Autumn Session 2021

    Assessments methods By rating, By success/failure

    Examen - SA-2021, Session d'hiver 2022

    Assessments methods By rating, By success/failure
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