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.
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.
