FRIDAY MARCH 7th 2008
Decision
Researchers from City University, Essex
University, Imperial College, University College London and London Metropolitan University
are organising a one day meeting on Judgment and Decision Making.
This meeting
Confirmed speakers include Professor Marcel Zeelenberg (Tilburg University); Professor David Spiegelhalter (Cambridge University); Professor Nigel Harvey (University College London).
The event is free - a free lunch will refute a common assumption about its existence. The day will consist of talks, games, demonstrations and possibly jokes on different topics within Judgment and Decision Making.
The
day will take place at City University
There will be prizes for the winners. A splendid time is guaranteed for all.
The Fourth London JDM Group Student Conference on Judgement and Decision Making
Friday 7th March, 2008
City University, London EC1V
Provisional Programme
1100 to 1245 – Session One – Room D104 [Entrance from St John Street]
Professor Peter Ayton (Department of Psychology, City University)
Deal Or No Deal – Why Noel Edmonds is enough to make anyone cry.
Professor Nigel Harvey (Department of Psychology, University College London)
Activity: Let’s make a deal! Negotiation and bargaining.
Using animations to communicate variability, chance, uncertainty and risk.
1245 to 1345 – Lunch
1345 to 1530 – Session Two – Lecture Theatre B104 [Entrance from Northampton Square]
Professor Marcel Zeelenberg (University of Tilburg, Netherlands)
Consequences of regret aversion in real life: The case of the Dutch postcode lottery.
Activity: Unwritten rules and unspoken contracts: Coordination without communication.
Dr Mandeep Dhami (Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge)
Getting Out and Staying Out: Prisoners’ Positive Illusions of Post-Release Success
1530 to 1600 – Coffee break
1600
to 1730 – Session Three – Lecture Theatre B104 [E
Professor Marcel Zeelenberg (University of Tilburg, Netherlands)
Not so ugly after all: When shame acts as a commitment device.
Dr David Hardman (Department of Psychology, London Metropolitan University)
Sex, death and emotion: The psychology of moral judgements.
Dr Nick Sevdalis (Imperial College Medical School)
Real decisions in unreal environments: Simulations as a means to studying surgical decision making.
1730 onwards – Drinks reception [Social Science Building]