OLET1644 How We Make Decisions (University of Sydney): rated 4.2/5 overall across 2 reviews collected on USYD Wall.
OLET1644 is a University of Sydney course taught by the Faculty of Science in Psychology Academic Operations. This page brings together its handbook details and what USYD students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 我们如何做决策
Type: Undergraduate
Credit points: 2
Subject area: Psychology Academic Operations
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Level: Undergraduate Level 1
Handbook year: 2026
We like to believe that decision making involves simply weighing up the pros and cons of the different options before selecting the best one, so when people fail to do this (as they often do) they are viewed as irrational. However this viewpoint has been shown to be inaccurate even for important decisions.
OLET1644 has 2 scored reviews: overall 4.2/5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 2 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 4.2/5).
On Reddit: "OLET1644: How we make decisions OLET1634: Anxiety and its Disorders I did both of these and found them kinda easy but also interesting. The way theyre done is kinda a study in your own time with videos, podcasts and readings and then quizzes to make sure you're on track. Then yo…"
On Reddit: "just to add probably prefered the How We Make Decisions. It included a bunch of economics psychology things like humans being bad at assessing risk, assigning value to things and the sunk cost fallacy and thats what made it really interesting."
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Q: Is OLET1644 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 2 reviews: overall 4.2/5. Only a few reviews so far, so treat this as a rough guide.
Q: Which faculty teaches OLET1644, and when is it offered?
A: OLET1644 is taught by the Faculty of Science. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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