University of Colorado Boulder
Interpersonal, Developmental, and Evolutionary Perspectives of the Mind
University of Colorado Boulder

Interpersonal, Developmental, and Evolutionary Perspectives of the Mind

This course is part of Mind and Machine Specialization

David Quigley

Instructor: David Quigley

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
4.3

(33 reviews)

Beginner level
No prior experience required
12 hours to complete
3 weeks at 4 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll 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.

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There are 4 modules in this course

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

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1 video1 assignment2 discussion prompts

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

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3 videos3 assignments1 peer review3 discussion prompts2 plugins

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.

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4 videos2 readings2 assignments1 peer review1 discussion prompt

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

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2 videos3 readings1 peer review1 plugin

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David Quigley
University of Colorado Boulder
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