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Interpersonal, Developmental, and Evolutionary Perspectives of the Mind (Coursera)

Offered by University of Colorado Boulder,

In this course, we will explore how individual problem solving, judgment, and decision making can be influenced by interpersonal and developmental factors.

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What You Will Learn

Model the effects of multiple decision maker systems in various scenarios.
Analyze the Prisoner’s Dilemma and other Game Theory scenarios as a model of decision making and behavioral adaptation.
Discuss the relationships in genetic evolution models and developmental models of judgement and decision making.
Implement the design of autonomous agents as artificial life.

Course 4 of 4 in the Mind and Machine Specialization.

Syllabus

WEEK 1
Introduction
This week we will explore how individual decision rules and heuristics can create higher-order outcomes when applied in groups.

WEEK 2
Game Theory
This week we will explore mathematical models of different decision processes in game theory scenarios.

WEEK 3
Game Theory and Evolution
This week we will explain how different game theory models of decision making can model evolutionary processes and how different behaviors can be supportive of species survival from an evolutionary perspective.

WEEK 4
Embodied Cognition
This week we will discuss how different behaviors of biological life can be reproduced in artificial systems.

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