Overconfidence and Artificial Intelligence
Don Moore, Professor
Business, Haas School, Psychology
Applications for Spring 2025 are closed for this project.
Human judgments are routinely biased. Can artificially intelligent agents correct for this human bias and achieve greater accuracy in their judgment?
Role: Research apprentices in our lab will gain experience with many aspects of the research process such as:
- Conducting experiments
- Conducting literature searches through online library sources
- Obtaining permission to conduct research with human participants
- Paying participants
- Collecting and analyzing data
- Proofreading research materials and papers
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As a member of The Accuracy Lab, you will contribute to tasks and lab meetings about multiple projects that are related to how people make decisions. Positions are available only to those who can commit at least two semesters to working with lab.
Students from all majors with an interest in Psychology, Cognitive Science, Computer Science, Decision Making, Behavioral Economics, and/or Organizational Behavior are encouraged to apply. We are especially interested in students who are considering applying to graduate school to do research in Psychology, Organizational Behavior, or Management (not an MBA). Our lab focuses on research.
Qualifications: Required:
- Proficient in R
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Superb attention to detail
- Ability to collaborate well with others
- Ability to lead a room of participants through experiments
- Interest in psychological science
Preferable (not required):
- Coursework on psychology research design and statistics
- Experience conducting experimental research
Day-to-day supervisor for this project: Aileen Wu, Staff Researcher
Hours: 6-8 hrs
Social Sciences Education, Cognition & Psychology