MGMTPHD 261Judgment and Decision Making
Management-PhD · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Introduction to behavioral research on judgment and decision making, with special attention to conditions of uncertainty. Includes research by Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky for which Kahneman was awarded 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, and some of work for which Richard Thaler was cited in his Nobel Memorial Prize in 2017. Examination of recent descriptive models of judgment and decision making using rational choice theory as point of departure. Examination of classic articles and current controversies.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2026
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
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Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
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