EM 1260 - COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY OF DECISION MAKING

Minimum Credits: 2
Maximum Credits: 2
Health care providers make dozens of clinical decisions every day. Errors in cognitive processes have been determined to be one of the most common causes of preventable death and disability in this country. The goal of this class is to examine the current science of decision making and the barriers to optimal decision making. Students will learn to recognize System I and System II thinking and the benefits and limitations of each. Unconscious cognitive biases and heuristics that are commonly relied upon in everyday thinking, as well as professional decisions, will be analyzed. The class will be taught in seminar fashion with active learning and discussion.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences students only.

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