PSYCH 4050 - [Judgment and Decision Making]

(SBA-AS)

Fall. Next offered 2016-2017. 4 credits.

Prerequisite: at least one course in each of social and cognitive psychology. Priority given to: senior psychology majors. Limited to 18 students by application. Co-meets with PSYCH 7050.

T. Gilovich.

Judgment pervades everyday experience. Can this person be trusted? Does this relationship have promise? Is the economy likely to flourish? This course examines how people answer such questions by examining-in depth- classic and contemporary scholarship on the subject. Readings are mostly primary sources.