Psychological Perspectives on Economic Behaviour
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We make economic choices every day, ranging from which breakfast cereals to buy, to whether to apply for a house mortgage. Economic psychology (or behavioural economics) is an exciting and growing research field at the intersection between psychology and economics. In this course, you will learn how psychological factors affect every day economic behaviour as well as larger financial decisions. The course covers, for example, the relationship between money and happiness, how we judge prices in foreign currencies, stock market psychology, how and why our experience of a product is affected by how much we paid for it, and why financial incentives sometimes have the opposite effect to what was intended.
The course is suited for economics students who seek to complement their knowledge with insights from psychology, and for psychology students interested in economic behaviour. Prior knowledge is however not essential to benefit from the course, just an interest in the combination of economics and psychology.The teaching consists of lectures and seminars. The seminars are focused around scientific articles and involve discussions and exercises.
This course is open to
Exchange students at the Faculty of Social Sciences and to exchange students on university-wide agreements. Please contact your international coordinator at the University of Gothenburg if you need to know more.
Förkunskapskrav
For admission to the course, completion of university education of at least 180 credits is required at first cycle level. Language skills equivalent: English 6/English course B from Swedish upper-secondary school or the equivalent knowledge from an international confessed test, such as TOEFL or IELTS.
English proficiency
If you have questions about English proficiency requirements, please contact your international coordinator at the University of Gothenburg.
Application
Do you want to apply for exchange studies at the University of Gothenburg?