SCL1002L1 - DECISION THEORIES AND SOCIAL PROCESSES 1

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ID:
SCL1002L1
Duration (hours):
48
CFU:
6
SSD:
SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE
Located in:
CHIETI
Url:
SOCIAL RESEARCH, SECURITY POLICY AND CRIMINAL STUDIES/CORSO GENERICO Year: 1
Year:
2025
Course Catalogue:
https://unich.coursecatalogue.cineca.it/af/2025?co...

Overview

Date/time interval

Secondo Semestre (01/03/2026 - 31/05/2026)

Syllabus

Course Objectives


This course aims to introduce students to individual and collective decision theory in social sciences. Contributions from sociology, economics, psychology, philosophy, epistemology, biology, will be analysed. A particular attention will be dedicated to study social processes and interactions within the analysis of action. 


Course Prerequisites


None


Teaching Methods


Frontal lessons, seminars, presentations by attending students


Assessment Methods


Written


Texts


1) PLOUS S., The Psychology of Judgment and Decision Making (online).



2) CIALDINI R.B., Influence. The psychology of Persuasion, 2021. 


Contents


Normative and descriptive theories of decision making; theories of risk; heuristics and biases; collective decisions and social influence; sociological theories of risk.


Course Language


Italian


More information


To meet the teacher please come to class during teaching semester or contact teacher by email (albertina.oliverio@unich.it).


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