Fall Term 2009:

Storing, Spending and Saving:

The Evolution and Psychology of Decisions about Resources

Thursdays: 3:10-4:30 PM
in 3048 East Hall the Department of Psychology

The lectures are open to all. Light refreshments will be served. This series is organized by Stephanie Preston, Department of Psychology and is Co-Sponsored by the Evolution and Human Behavior Program and the Decision Consortium.

EHAP is made possible by the College of LSA, the Department of Psychology, the Department of Psychiatry, and the ISR.

Schedule

Sept 17     Kathleen Vohs    Depletion of Self-Control Resources Increases Impulsive Spending

Sept 24     Kiara R. Timpano   When Saving Gets Out of Control: Risk Factors Associated with Compulsive Hoarding

Oct 8         Lucia F. Jacobs   The Evolution of Economic Decisions in Mammals

Oct 15       Scott Rick   The Pain of Paying: Implications for Behavior and Relationships

Oct 22*     Robert Cialdini   The Power of Social versus Financial Factors in Changing Environmental Behavior

Oct 29       Chris Hsee   A General Evaluability Theory

Nov 5        David Stephens   The Evolutionary Economics of Information Use: From Simple Signals to Learning

Nov 12      Peter Fader   Analysis of Path Data in Marketing with Applications to Grocery Shopping

Nov 19      Ori Friedman   Discovering and Deciding Who Owns What

Dec 3        Michael Norton    The Benefits of Prosocial Spending, for Individuals and Organizations

Dec 11*    Ravi Dhar   TBA

For questions about the series, please send a note to Elaine Whitaker at ewhitake@umich.edu                                                      or call 734-615-0463

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