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Behavioral Economics

Build practical understanding of decision biases, incentives, framing, habits, experiments, and bounded rationality, then use it for explaining real choices that differ from simple economic models.

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Secondary school to university foundations
Interest area
Wellbeing and reflection
Learning outcomes
4 focused outcomes

Topic overview

Learn the foundations of Behavioral Economics.

Behavioral Economics connects decision biases, incentives, framing, habits, experiments, and bounded rationality with practical decisions and tasks. Guided examples, comparison, practice, and feedback help members apply these ideas to explaining real choices that differ from simple economic models. The goal is to make each step easier to explain, check, and improve.

Learning outcomes for Behavioral Economics

  1. 1

    Explain the main ideas and vocabulary involved in decision biases, incentives, framing, habits, experiments, and bounded rationality

  2. 2

    Follow a repeatable process for explaining real choices that differ from simple economic models

  3. 3

    Compare examples, identify common mistakes, and improve an approach

  4. 4

    Complete an independent behavioral economics task and reflect on the result

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How to learn Behavioral Economics step by step.

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Build the foundation

Explain the main ideas and vocabulary involved in decision biases, incentives, framing, habits, experiments, and bounded rationality

02

Practise with feedback

Follow a repeatable process for explaining real choices that differ from simple economic models

03

Practise with feedback

Compare examples, identify common mistakes, and improve an approach

04

Apply and reflect

Complete an independent behavioral economics task and reflect on the result

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