Course Schedule

Summer Course Schedule

Week 1  

 Monday - Memorial Day

 Tuesday

• Introductions and review of the semester

• Read through course website materials and become familiar with course policies

• Set up journal with brief introduction

• Watch Intro Blog on course website and begin exploring on your own how your school system is handling hiring this summer.

• Watch Intro to Course Website video

Wednesday

• Read Ariely Intro and Chapter 1

• Watch video lecture from Daniel Schwartz, "Learning to see, telling too soon"

• Watch: Ariely video - Are we in control of our own decisions?

• Journal reflections on readings and videos using prompts in syllabus

  Thursday

• Read Ariely Chapter 2

• Read Frederick, S. W., & Mochon, D. (2011). A scale distortion theory of anchoring.Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 141, 124-133. 

• Predictably Irrational - Supply, Demand, and Happiness

• Watch Supply and Demand blog

• Journal reflections on readings and videos using prompts in syllabus

 Friday    

• Reflect in Journal on Blackboard about how what we have covered so far might inform your practice

Week 2 Rational thinking

Monday 

• Read Chapman, G.B., Li, M., Colby, H., & Yoon, H. (2010). Opting in versus opting out of influenza vaccination. JAMA, 304(1), 43-44. 

• Read Johnson, E.J. & Goldstein, D. (2003). Do defaults save lives? Science, 302, 1338-1339. 

• Watch Eric Johnson — Time to Retire: Why Americans Claim Benefits Early and How to Encourage Delay

• Continue reflection on readings

Tuesday    Big questions about rational decision making

• Watch crowdsourcing and confidence video blog

• Read Ariely Chapter 3

• Watch Predictably Irrational - Chapter 3: The Power of Price

• Journal reflections on readings and videos using prompts in syllabus

Wednesday    

• Read Ariely Chapter 4

• Watch Predictably Irrational - The Cost of Social Norms

• Complete the Confidence Calibration exercise 

• Continue reflection on readings

Thursday    

• Read Who Has the D?

• For those interested in digging deeper optionally watch Bayes' Theorem: Adjusting belief in light of evidence

• For those interested in digging deeper optionally watch Bayes' Theorem: alternative representations

• Continue reflection on readings

Friday    Applying what we learned about rational decision making to your practice

• Reflect in Journal on Blackboard about how what we have covered so far might inform your practice

Week 3 Values

Monday    Big questions about value driven decision making

• Read Ariely Chapter 5

• Watch Predictably Irrational - Chapter 5: The Influence of Arousal

• Read Deciding How to Decide

• Journal reflections on readings and videos using prompts in syllabus

Tuesday     

• Time to focus on hiring and orientation assignment

Wednesday     

• Watch Daniel Kahneman interview

• Read Kahneman, D. & Tversky, A. (1984). Choices, values, and frames. American Psychologist, 39, 341-350. 

• Read Ariely Chapter 7

• Continue reflection on readings

Thursday   

• Watch unteaching and power of desire blog

• Read Ariely Chapter 13

• Journal reflections on readings and videos using prompts in syllabus

• Read Lee, L., Frederick, S., & Ariely, D. (2006). Try it, you’ll like it: The influence of expectation, consumption, and revelation on preferences for beer. Psychological Science, 17(12), 1054-1058.

Friday    Applying to your practice what we learned about how values inform choices 

• Reflect in Journal on Blackboard about how what we have covered so far might inform your practice

Week 4 Control and expectations

Monday - Big questions about self control and expectations

• Watch control and expectations video blog

• Read Ariely Chapter 6

• Read Loewenstein, G. (2005). Hot-cold empathy gaps and medical decision making. Health Psychology, 24, S49-S56. 

• Journal reflections on readings and videos using prompts in syllabus

Tuesday    

• Time to focus on hiring and orientation assignment

Wednesday   

• Read Ariely Chapter 9

• Read Milkman, K.L., Rogers, T., & Bazerman, M.H. (2008). Harnessing our inner angels and demons: What we have learned about want/should conflicts and how that knowledge can help us reduce short-sighted decision making. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 3(4), 324-338.

• Continue reflection on readings

Thursday    

• Watch goods and values video blog

• Read Ariely Chapter 10

• Read Hagger, M. S. & Chatzisarantis, N. L. (2016). A multi-lab pre-registered replication of the ego-depletion effect. Perspectives on Psychological Science,11(4) 546–573. 

• Read Are You Saving the Right Problems?

• Journal reflections on readings and videos using prompts in syllabus

Friday    Applying to your practice what we learned about how self control and expectations inform decision making

• Reflect in Journal on Blackboard about how what we have covered so far might inform your practice

Week 5 Group and individual goods

Monday    Big questions about base motivations 

• Watch psychology of your future self video

• Read Gilbert, D.T. & Wilson, T.D. (2007). Prospection: Experiencing the future. Science, 317, 1351-1354. 

• Read Hsee, C.K., Hastie, R., Chen, J. (2008). Hedonomics: Bridging decision research with happiness research. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 3, 224-243. 

• Journal reflections on readings and videos using prompts in syllabus

Tuesday    

• Hiring and orientation assignment due

Wednesday    

• Watch Disruptive power of collaboration video

• Read Kraft-Todd, G., Yoeli, E., Bhanot, S., & Rand, D. (2015). Promoting cooperation in the field. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 3, 96-101. 

• Read Colby, H., DeWitt, J., & Chapman, G. B. (2015). Grouping Promotes Equality The Effect of Recipient Grouping on Allocation of Limited Medical Resources.Psychological Science, 0956797615583978.

• Read Obrecht, N. A., & Chesney, D. L. (2016). Prompting deliberation increases base-rate use. Judgment and Decision Making, 11(1), 1. 

• Continue reflection on readings

Thursday    

• Watch Mindless Eating video

• Read Larrick, R.P. & Soll, J.B. (2008). The MPG illusion. Science, 320, 1593-1594.

• Read The Pros and Cons of Pros and Cons List

• Journal reflections on readings and videos using prompts in syllabus

Friday    Applying what we learned about group and individual goods to your practice

• Reflect in Journal on Blackboard about how what we have covered so far might inform your practice