Social Judgement and Decision Making (U02139)

? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : PPL-4-SJDM-PS

Aims and objectives: This challenging option examines the field of judgment and decision making (JDM) as it relates to social psychological phenomena. It begins with the Lecturer providing an overview of basic issues in JDM, with the remaining classes composed of student presentations. In all, this option requires students’ active participation – both in class and online (see ‘Assessment’) - in order to facilitate their understanding of some interesting, relevant and even controversial issues in social judgment and decision making, including affective forecasting, social projection, evolutionary vs. socio-cultural pressures on partner preferences, criteria for measuring rationality, etc.

Entry Requirements

? This course is not accepting further student enrolments.

? Pre-requisites : Normally Psychology Methodology 1 (U00651) or equivalent.

Variants

? This course has variants for part year visiting students, as follows

Social Judgement and Decision Making (VS1) (Block 3 only)

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Psychology, (School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, Schedule I)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 4th year

? Delivery Period : Block 3 only

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 5 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
17/01/2008	11:10	13:00	Room S.1, 7 George Square	Central

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Thursday	11:10	13:00	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end, students should possess an understanding of the major theoretical issues in JDM, knowledge of how these issues can be applied to social-cognitive issues, and an improved ability to critically assess empirical evidence.