​​​​​​​This course is a general introduction to research methods and covers five broad topics: the foundations of social science, research design, data collection, data analysis, and inferring conclusion from the data.  

The course aims to introduce students with the field of organizational psychology as an academic discipline and a profession. Thus, subjects such as leadership, employee and as a profession motivation, organizational socialization, organizational change, and the role given to the organizational consultant would be discussed.  

Decision making is one of the most studied and interdisciplinary subjects in psychological research. Every given day, we all make countless decisions, starting from choosing the route in which we drive to work, to decisions regarding housing, career and family. This class overviews the central models in decision making- how a rational person “should” make decisions. Additionally, this class overviews reasons and situations in which people deviate from the behavior predicted by the normative models, and how these deviations lead to sub-optimal decisions. 

From children sharing toys to managers allocating bonuses to employees, we all face resource allocation dilemmas. While some allocations are simple and straightforward, others may lead to dilemmas regarding the most equitable, fair, efficient and just allocation. This seminar examined the ideas of fairness and equity in resource allocation- what sort of dilemmas they arise, what are the psychological mechanisms they rely on, and are they unique to human societies.