Multidisciplinary Perspectives
on the Study of Behavior Change
Behaviors such as overeating, smoking, drinking, physical inactivity, or excessive risk taking are often difficult to change, and changing such behaviors can lead to substantial improvements in well-being and health. We will explore factors involved in behavior change from a broad multidisciplinary perspective. This class provides a rare and exciting opportunity for students to meet leading scholars from different fields (psychology, economics, business, public health, neuroscience) on and off the Berkeley campus who will present their work as it relates to the study of behavior change. Topics of interest include emotion, motivation, cognition, decision-making, well-being, health, and social networks with a special developmental focus on adolescence and late life. Speakers will give a presentation that will be open to the public followed by an in-depth discussion limited to the class. Readings will include those related to each speaker’s work and that provide a background understanding of the topic. Students will prepare discussion questions for each speaker.
Announcements
- Seminar speakers, dates, and locations are being finalized for Spring semester 2012.
Seminar Schedule
- January 23: Welcome & Introduction
Location: 9 Durant Hall
Time: 2-4 pm
Related Papers: TBA
- January 30: Robert W. Levenson, UC-Berkeley
Title: Emotional Functioning and Age: Some Surprising Changes
Location: 9 Durant Hall
Time: 2-4 pm
Related Papers:
Shiota, M. N., & Levenson, R. W. (2009). Effects of aging on experimentally instructed detached reappraisal, positive reappraisal, and emotional behavior suppression. Psychology and Aging, 24, 890-900. Shiota_Levenson_2009.pdf
Carstensen, L. L., Mikels, J. A., & Mather, M. (2006). Aging and the intersection of cognition, motivation, and emotion. In J. E. Birren & K. W. Schaie (2006). Handbook of the psychology of aging (6th ed., pp. 343-362). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. Carstensen_Mikels_Mather_2006.pdf
Title: TBA
Location: 9 Durant Hall
Time: 2-4 pm
Related Papers: TBA
- February 13: Nancy Adler, UC-San Francisco
Title: TBA
Location: 9 Durant Hall
Time: 2-4 pm
Related Papers: TBA
- February 27: Samuel McClure, Stanford University
Title: TBA
Location: 9 Durant Hall
Time: 2-4 pm
Related Papers: TBA
- Tuesday, March 6: George Loewenstein, Carnegie Mellon University
Title: TBA
Location: Wells Fargo Room, Haas School of Business
Time: 2-4 pm
Related Papers: TBA
*** Note, this talk will be held on a Tuesday rather than Monday and in a different location
- March 12: Laurence Steinberg, Temple University
Title: TBA
Location: 9 Durant Hall
Time: 2-4 pm
Related Papers: TBA
- March 19: Don Moore, UC-Berkeley
Title: Is Overconfidence a Positive Illusion?
Location: 9 Durant Hall
Time: 2-4 pm
Related Papers:
Moore, D. A. & Healy, P. J. (2008). The trouble with overconfidence. Psychological Review, 115, 502-517. Moore Healy 2008.pdf
Armor, D.A., & Taylor, S.E. (1998). Situated optimism: Specific outcome expectancies and self-regulation. In M. P. Zanna (Ed.), Advances in experimental social psychology (Vol. 30, pp. 309-379). New York: Academic Press.Armor Taylor 1998.pdf
- April 2: Ariel Rubinstein, Tel Aviv University and New York University
Title: A Personal Journey in the Wonderland of Neuroeconomics
Location: 9 Durant Hall
Time: 2-4 pm
Related Papers:
Arieli, A., Ben-Ami, Y., & Rubinstein, A. (2011). Tracking Decision Makers under Uncertainty. American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 3, 68–76.eye tracking 2011.pdf
Rubinstein, A. (2007). Instinctive and cognitive reasoning: a study of response times. Economic Journal, 117, 1243–1259. response time.pdf
- April 9: Eduardo Andrade, UC-Berkeley
Title: The Role of Emotion in Decision Making
Location: 9 Durant Hall
Time: 2-4 pm
Related Papers: TBA
Title: TBA
Location: 9 Durant Hall
Time: 2-4 pm
Related Papers: TBA
Location: 9 Durant Hall
Time: 2-4 pm
Related Papers: TBA
Picture: (c) Jean Kirsten, www.j-kirsten.de
Behaviors such as overeating, smoking, drinking, physical inactivity, or excessive risk taking are often difficult to change, and changing such behaviors can lead to substantial improvements in well-being and health. We will explore factors involved in behavior change from a broad multidisciplinary perspective. This class provides a rare and exciting opportunity for students to meet leading scholars from different fields (psychology, economics, business, public health, neuroscience) on and off the Berkeley campus who will present their work as it relates to the study of behavior change. Topics of interest include emotion, motivation, cognition, decision-making, well-being, health, and social networks with a special developmental focus on adolescence and late life. Speakers will give a presentation that will be open to the public followed by an in-depth discussion limited to the class. Readings will include those related to each speaker’s work and that provide a background understanding of the topic. Students will prepare discussion questions for each speaker.
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