15.301 / 15.310 Managerial Psychology Laboratory, Fall 2004
An experiment testing money mapping and value of experience. (Image courtesy of Prof. Dan Ariely.)
Highlights of this Course
This course features a full set of
lecture notes, including student notes taken in class. There is also a video introduction.
To participate in related studies as a subject, please join Professor Ariely's experiments email list.
Course Description
We function in our personal and professional lives based on knowledge and intuitions. Our intuition that we know a lot is very powerful. But sometimes intuitions are accurate and sometimes they are not; without research, it is hard to tell.
This course combines a few different goals: develop a critical eye for making inferences from data; be able to carry out simple data analysis; learn about managerial psychology; develop interesting new questions about managerial psychology and test these questions.
Technical Requirements
Microsoft® Excel software is recommended for viewing the .xls files found on this course site. Free Microsoft® Excel viewer software can also be used to view the .xls files.