(in Polish) Teoria gier a socjologia

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Course ID:	3502-FAKL50-MGR-OG
Erasmus code / ISCED:	14.2 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0314) Sociology and cultural studies The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	(unknown)
Name in Polish:	Teoria gier a socjologia
Organizational unit:	Institute of Sociology
Course groups:	(in Polish) Fak. konwersatoria 30 h (semestr letni) General university courses General university courses General university courses in the social sciences
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	general courses
Short description:	Course on the use of game theory to model social phenomena to explain and describe the function of social institutions as a mechanism of defense against social traps. Course topics dedicated applications will be preceded by introductory classes to the areas of game theory.
Full description:	Course on the use of game theory to model social phenomena to explain and describe the function of social institutions as a mechanism of defense against social traps. Course topics dedicated applications will be preceded by introductory classes to the areas of game theory: 1. Games, strategies, solutions; 2. Zoro-sum games, saddle points and equilibria; 3. Lotteries and utility theory. Attitude to risk; 4. Rational choice approaches in sociology: Is the model of rational individuals applicable? 5. The paradoxes and limitations of individual rationality; 6. Non-zero sum game and Nash equilibrium; 7. The Prisoner's Dilemma and other games of cooperation; 8. How to avoid the trap prisoner's dilemma / tragedy of the commons? Oaths and obligations. 9. Threats and madness as a method; 10. Backward induction; 11. Individual rationality in the light of experiments with the "centipede" game; 12. Social choreography and correlated equilibrium; 13. Controlled uncertainty and practice of mixed strategies.
Bibliography:	Ph.D.Straffin Teoria Gier J.Haman Gry wokół nas
Learning outcomes:	K_W02 Has in-depth knowledge about the place of sociology in the system of sciences, including its possible applications in other academic disciplines K_W09 Has in-depth knowledge about mechanisms of social group dynamics and interdependencies between the group and the individual K_U01 Can identify causes and predict potential effects of past and current social events; can form critical judgments about current and past social events K_U02 Can differentiate between a sociological interpretation and an interpretation done from the perspective of a related social science, like psychology or economics. K_U05 Can independently form and verify judgments about the causes of selected social phenomena K_U11 Can interpret a social phenomenon using advanced statistical methods K_U14 Can form in-depth judgments about motivation of human behavior and predict its social consequences K_U17 Can relate an academic text to the problems of social life and its empirical studies K_K04 Can predict basic effects of social projects
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Written exam, coloqiua Written retake exam The condition of getting credit is also not exceeding 2 unexcused absences

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