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Department of Psychology Cognitive and Behavioral Decision Research

Topics for master's theses

  • Informationen zur Masterarbeit
    If you are interested in writing your master's thesis with CBDR please contact the supervisor of a project as indicated below. We look forward to receiving a brief cover letter with a motivation why you apply for a particular project, what you hope to be able to learn, and with what kind of skills and experiences you will be able to contribute to the project.

    We encourage students who aim to write their master's thesis with CBDR to also complete the curricular internship in our group, as this can substantially enhance the learning opportunities in a given project.

    Please note that you may only book the module after having contacted the supervisor of a specific project.
    Betreuungsperson der Masterarbeit: Prof. Dr. R. Frey

Übersicht der Masterarbeitsthemen dieser Professur

Durch Klick auf die einzelnen Themen werden die Detail-Informationen angezeigt.

 

offen:

  • Development of mini tasks measuring risky choices

    Beschreibung: Many relatively complex tasks have been developed to test people?s willingness to take risks. However, their ability to predict actual risk-taking behavior remains poor. This project thus aims to develop simpler, gamified tasks that tap specific of the various processes involved when people make risky choices.
    Anzahl Arbeiten für dieses Thema: 2
    Zeitrahmen: As of now
    Eingabedatum: 26.07.2024
    Kontakt: Maué Pantoja, E-Mail

    Status: offen (erfasst / geändert: 26.07.2024)

  • Meta-analysis on risky decision making

    Beschreibung: In this project we are meta-analyzing the empirical evidence on the validity and reliability of specific behavioral risk-taking tasks. One issue of such tasks is that they are often implemented very flexibly, making a general assessment of their performance difficult. This project is thus particularly well suited for persons who have a strong methodological and statistical interest / background and are eager to apply state-of-the-art meta-analytic techniques.
    Anzahl Arbeiten für dieses Thema: 2
    Zeitrahmen: As of now
    Eingabedatum: 27.07.2022
    Kontakt: Renato Frey, E-Mail

    Status: offen (erfasst / geändert: 26.07.2024)

  • Development and validation of experience-sampling app

    Beschreibung: At CBDR we are interested in measuring state-specific processes related to risky decision making in real-life contexts. To this end we have started to develop a smartphone app. The current project provides the opportunity to actively contribute to the further development, testing, and validation of this app. The project is thus particularly well suited for persons with a strong technology background and / or interest.
    Anzahl Arbeiten für dieses Thema: 3
    Zeitrahmen: As of now
    Eingabedatum: 27.07.2022
    Kontakt: Renato Frey, E-Mail

    Status: offen (erfasst / geändert: 26.07.2024)

  • Time frame of risky choices

    Beschreibung: People make countless choices under risk and uncertainty. But what constitutes such a "risky choice", and for how long do such choices typically take? The goal of this project is to examine these and related questions by conducting a large-scale empirical survey.
    Anzahl Arbeiten für dieses Thema: 1
    Zeitrahmen: As of now
    Eingabedatum: 26.07.2024
    Kontakt: Olivia Fischer, E-Mail

    Status: offen (erfasst / geändert: 26.07.2024)

 

vergeben:

  • Measuring psychological mechanisms in risky choices using EMA studies (II)

    Beschreibung: Psychological theory has suggested various mechanisms underlying people's risky choices. How strongly do specific of these mechanisms vary in real-life settings? The goal of this project is to study this question by deploying EMA studies.
    Anzahl Arbeiten für dieses Thema: 1
    Zeitrahmen: As of now
    Eingabedatum: 26.07.2024
    Kontakt: Aaron Lob, E-Mail

    Status: vergeben (erfasst / geändert: 26.07.2024)

  • Measuring psychological mechanisms in risky choices using EMA studies (I)

    Beschreibung: Psychological theory has suggested various mechanisms underlying people's risky choices. How strongly do specific of these mechanisms vary in real-life settings? The goal of this project is to study this question by deploying EMA studies.
    Anzahl Arbeiten für dieses Thema: 1
    Zeitrahmen: As of now
    Eingabedatum: 26.07.2024
    Kontakt: Aaron Lob, E-Mail

    Status: vergeben (erfasst / geändert: 26.07.2024)

  • Identifying semantic markers indicative of specific psychological mechanisms (II)

    Beschreibung: Psychological theory has suggested various mechanisms underlying people's risky choices. In this project we aim to experimentally manipulate some of these mechanisms to explore whether semantic markers can be identified that are indicative of the presence / absence of various mechanisms during decision making.
    Anzahl Arbeiten für dieses Thema: 1
    Zeitrahmen: As of now
    Eingabedatum: 26.07.2024
    Kontakt: Olivia Fischer, E-Mail

    Status: vergeben (erfasst / geändert: 26.07.2024)

  • Identifying semantic markers indicative of specific psychological mechanisms (I)

    Beschreibung: Psychological theory has suggested various mechanisms underlying people's risky choices. In this project we aim to experimentally manipulate some of these mechanisms to explore whether semantic markers can be identified that are indicative of the presence / absence of various mechanisms during decision making.
    Anzahl Arbeiten für dieses Thema: 1
    Zeitrahmen: As of now
    Eingabedatum: 26.07.2024
    Kontakt: Olivia Fischer, E-Mail

    Status: vergeben (erfasst / geändert: 26.07.2024)

  • Modeling the cognitive strategies involved in veracity judgments

    Beschreibung: What cognitive strategies do people employ when making veracity judgments? Answers to this question may be critical for professionals working in areas such as civilian aviation safety who often need to make fast and frugal assessments. Hence, the goal of this project is to model the cognitive strategies underlying veracity judgments to thus derive respective policy recommendations (e.g., decision rules and / or aids).
    Anzahl Arbeiten für dieses Thema: 1
    Zeitrahmen: 2024
    Eingabedatum: 17.01.2024
    Kontakt: Renato Frey, E-Mail

    Status: vergeben (erfasst / geändert: 29.01.2024)