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PSYC 327 Laboratory in Social and Strategic Decision-Making Units: 3.00
How do we decide whom to help, trust, or cooperate with? This course examines experimental approaches to studying social and strategic decision-making. Topics include altruism, the impact of social identity, contextual factors people might not even be aware of, social norms (reciprocity, fairness), and norm enforcement. Students will also learn about factors to consider when designing experimental studies. The course adopts a mixture of lectures, collection of your own data, and hands-on laboratory sessions on how data from our class fit standard theories and results in the field.
Learning Hours: 114 (18 Lecture, 18 Laboratory, 18 Group Learning, 60 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite Level 3 or above and PSYC 100/6.0.
Exclusion PSYC 398/3.0 (Topic Title: Laboratory in Decision Making - Fall 2021, Winter 2021, Winter 2024).
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Describe, execute, analyze, and interpret the results of standardized experimental measures used to study social decision-making.
- Work in teams to achieve common goals.
- Critically evaluate the strengths and potential pitfalls of experimental approaches to study social decision-making, apply this ability when designing their own experiment, and communicate perceived strengths and shortcomings of experiments in a constructive, respectful and effective manners to their peers.