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A Beginner's Guide to Irrational Behaviour; 15 Free Online Courses That Are Actually Worth Your Time
Topic Started: 1 Oct 2013, 09:38 PM (908 Views)
peter fraser
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Any man who has written books with these titles has to be worth reading -

* Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions (2008),
* The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home (2010),
* The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone---Especially Ourselves (2012).

This is just one of 15 free courses HERE.

Mostly finance or economics based, and quite a few sound interesting.

About the this Course

Behavioral economics and the closely related field of behavioral finance couple scientific research on the psychology of decision making with economic theory to better understand what motivates investors, employees, and consumers. This course will be based heavily on my own research. We will examine topics such as how emotion rather than cognition determines economic decisions, “irrational” patterns of thinking about money and investments, how expectations shape perceptions, economic and psychological analyses of dishonesty by presumably honest people, and how social and financial incentives combine to motivate labor by everyday workers and CEOs alike. This highly interdisciplinary course will be relevant to all human beings.

This class has two main goals:
1.To introduce you to the range of cases where people (consumers, investors, managers, and significant others) make decisions that are inconsistent with standard economic theory and the assumptions of rational decision making. This is the lens of behavioral economics.

2.To help you think creatively about the applications of behavioral economic principles for the development of new products, technology based products, public policies, and to understand how business and social policy strategies could be modified with a deeper understanding of the effects these principles have on employees and customers.

Course Syllabus

Grades will be based on quizzes (on the video lectures and reading assignments), a writing assignment, and the final exam.

Recommended Background

Curiosity about human nature.
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doubleview
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Fuck you got to laugh @ a beginners guide to irrational behavior.

7-10 hours commitment geeeez
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doubleview
3 Oct 2013, 08:49 AM
Fuck you got to laugh @ a beginners guide to irrational behavior.

7-10 hours commitment geeeez
It's a course on understanding irrational behaviour. Behavioural Economics in fact.

It should be compulsory, because better than 50% of internet posts are irrational.

On a bad day it goes dangerously close to 100%.
Edited by peter fraser, 3 Oct 2013, 09:41 AM.
Any expressed market opinion is my own and is not to be taken as financial advice
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peter fraser
3 Oct 2013, 09:40 AM
It's a course on understanding irrational behaviour. Behavioural Economics in fact.

It should be compulsory, because better than 50% of internet posts are irrational.

On a bad day it goes dangerously close to 100%.
Nah, 100% is a good day, irrational posts are a great entertainment.
"If man is to survive, he will have learned to take a delight in the essential differences between men and between cultures. He will learn that differences in ideas and attitudes are a delight, part of life's exciting variety, not something to fear." - Gene Roddenberry

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