The minor course titled, ‘Social Behaviour, Economic Decision making and Social Influence ’ is offered as an introduction to social-psychological processes that will be an essential and core aspect of application of psychological science in interdisciplinary fields such as economics, social work and change in organizations. This minor will help the students employability as they will learn to apply this knowledge in their fields. The course starts with a basic understanding of social cognition and its context sensitivity. Its often heard among psychology students, that, ‘Humans are cognitive misers’, this, we will examine in a module on social cognition. Time is a context factor that completely changes cognizing and decision making, I will introduce the thinking processes in humans - Thinking Fast and slow: automatic and deliberate thinking in humans. Next, we will discuss the cognitive fallacies that are a hallmark of human thinking and been understood through several experiments in psychology. Finally, the course will touch on social influence, persuasion, and negotiation process.
2. Course Objectives:
1. To understand basic social psychological perspectives in thinking, decision making, judgements and social influence.
2. To develop insights about the application social psychological perspectives, in interdisciplinary fields of behavioural economics, social work and policy analysis.
- Teacher: Shilpa Pandit