PSY 5770 - Human Judgment and Decision Making

Goals: To acquaint the student with the psychological factors involved in decision making and gambling, to introduce the student to the use of mathematical models in psychology, and to help the student gain fluency in application of models to real data.

Content: Psychological decision theory, subjective probability, game theory, measurement, gambling, complexity theory, and experimental aesthetics.

Prerequisites: PSY 1330, PSY 1340, and PSY 3350, 7 psychology courses, or senior standing (with psychology major) or permission of the instructor.

Credits: 4