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- Graduate major in Technology and Innovation Management
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- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Social and Human Sciences
- Instructor(s)
- Yamagishi Kimihiko
- Class Format
- Lecture
- Media-enhanced courses
- Day/Period(Room No.)
- Tue1-2(W9-706)
- Group
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- Course number
- SHS.M441
- Credits
- 1
- Academic year
- 2017
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- 2017/3/17
- Lecture notes updated
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- Language used
- English
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Course description and aims
This course focuses on psychology of risk and uncertainty.
Student learning outcomes
The student will cultivate mastery on standard cognitive theories pertaining to human understanding of uncertainty and probability judgment.
Keywords
Probability Judgment, Judgments under uncertainty, Cognitive Psychology
Competencies that will be developed
| ✔ Specialist skills | ✔ Intercultural skills | Communication skills | Critical thinking skills | Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Class flow
Topics change in every class meeting. Basically the course goes in lecture-style setting.
Course schedule/Required learning
| Course schedule | Required learning | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | The early days in psychology of probability judgment | Understand theoretical backgrounds at the early stage of research. |
| Class 2 | The 70's revolution: Heuristics and biases approach. | Understand the shift in research style that took place in the 1070s. |
| Class 3 | The representativeness heuristic | Understand the processes of probability judgments by similarity assessment. |
| Class 4 | The availability heuristic | Understand the processes of probability judgment relying on memory trace |
| Class 5 | Anchoring and adjustment in judgments of uncertainty | Understand the processes of probability judgment relying on numerical anchoring |
| Class 6 | Judgments by hindsight | Understand the functioning of "hindsight bias." |
| Class 7 | Influence on choice and decision making | Understand how probability judgments shape choice and decision making. |
| Class 8 | Students present their understanding and the instructor evaluates each student | The lecturer and the students confirm the advance in their understanding |
Textbook(s)
Handouts are distributed during lectures
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Handouts are distributed during lectures
Assessment criteria and methods
In-class activities: 10%
Quizzes and Presentation: 90%
Related courses
- LAT.A405 ： Cognitive Psychology
- LAT.A406 ： Publishing in Educational and Cognitive Science Community
Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)
None
Other
This course consists of the content of psychology.
