Here are some random thoughts about yesterday's class:
The second part of our discussion on perception and decision making focused on the latter, drawing on two assigned readings. Combined with last week's presentations on errors in perception/biases, I feel the conversations nicely covered key points I wanted students to leave with.
In transitioning to persuasion, power, and influence, I presented on sources of power and contingencies of power. The students applied this information to their analysis of the "Getting Squeezed" case study. The readings did not cover power and contingencies of power. So, in future iterations of the course, I plan to assign articles like this one. Students thus won't need to rely solely on my presentation when discussing the case study.
As noted in an earlier post, I knew I would be hard-pressed to learn student names. My intent from day one was for them to display the name tents I asked them to create in the first class. Typically I collect these at the end of the class, and students pick them up as they arrive in class. This time I asked students to hold on to their name tents and to display them in every class. If I don't ask them to do so--and even when I do--I don't see many name tents. Bottom line: if I want students to use name tents, I need to collect, hold, and distribute them in future classes.