In this unit students explore stories of people who have left a radical movement, or deliberately discuss with representatives of the “other side” and
Grade or Expertise Level: 9-12
A comparative behavioral research experiment exploring the abilities of chimpanzees and of children to cooperate around a shared resource.
In a classroom simulation game with changing conditions students develop strategies for the use of a common resource so that the profit for the
A group game that lets students experience the dilemma between self-interest and collective interest when groups have to work together to achieve shared goals.
A cooperation game that lets students experience some of the challenges of cooperation in addressing global climate change
In this lesson students learn about the concept of cognitive biases as well as a number of important cognitive biases that may affect our
A behavioral experiment that tells us about the role of unconscious perception, particularly the perception of human eyes, on human social behavior.
A set of behavioral experiments to find out what motivates people to save electricity, exploring the roles of monetary incentives, social norms, appeals to
Students identify the moral intuitions underlying people’s opinions in quoted texts and images.
