Course Code
SSC500G
Course Credit
3
The human mind can do extraordinary things, and it can also make incredible mistakes. In this course we will figure out what's going on in both cases. What's involved when we have a 'hunch' about something based on very little evidence? How can two people witness the same event and walk away with two completely different interpretations? Why do some people believe in conspiracy theories? We'll also look at the incentives that influence our behaviour, sometimes in strange ways and we'll conclude the course with a look at the factors that affect our own happiness, and how we tend to confuse those factors in ways that make happiness difficult for us to achieve.