MKT 442 - Psychology of Judgment

Description

Hours: Three hours lecture per week Prerequisite: PSY 100 Description: Examines the processes that underlie how decisions are made, and examines why the judgments people make are sometimes irrational, biased, or just plain wrong. Covers a broad range of topics including normative decision theory, heuristics and biases, memory, emotion, game theory, motivation, morality, and improving decision making. Makes connections between psychological approaches to decision making and those adopted in business and economics, health and medicine, and law and public policy.

Meeting Information

Info current as 11/13/2024
Days Times Room Meeting Dates Instructor
TH  3:00 PM  -  5:50 PM  Sierra Hall 2422 1/25/2020 - 5/29/2020 Bruce Gillies

Status: Open
Class Number: 2718
Session: Regular Academic Session
Units: 3.00
Class Components: Lecture
Career: Undergraduate
Dates: 1/25/2020 - 5/29/2020
Grading: Letter Grade

Class Availability

Information below is 24 hours old.
Enrollment Total: 24
Available Seats: 11
Wait List Capacity: 5
Wait List Total: 0

Textbook / Other Materials

Status: Required
ISBN: 9781412904407
Title: Psychology of Decision Making
Publisher: Sage Publications, Incorporate
Author: Beach

Status: Required
ISBN: 9781452239248
Title: The Psychology of Decision Making
Publisher: Sage Publications, Incorporate
Author: Connolly

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Enrollment Information

  • Upper Division

Notes

Cross-listed course