Thoughts on week 1

Week 1 was basically an introduction to the Judgment and Decision Making module.

This module will be assessed on work throughout the module, rather than by final exam. I'm keen to work on this basis to try out other forms of assessment. Although I have had previous modules that have involved an element of coursework, I'm looking forward to the challenge of ongoing, different formats.

One particular aspect that I found useful from the reading for this week was the distinction between a judgment and a decision. In previous cognitive psychology modules, under which we have touched upon judgment and decision making, I have always found this quite difficult to explain. It's now firmly fixed in my mind - a judgment involves evaluation or estimation of something and a decison involves an intention to act in some way.