Psychology and Money

https://www(dot)youtube(dot)com/watch?v=D8BuMZAypCg

Fall 2019 1 Pennsylvania State University – Abington Fall 2019 FIN 301 – Extra Credit Assignment Behavioral Finance argues that various psychological factors affect investor behavior. “Mind Over Money” documentary describes this phenomenon in more detail. Project Details: • Deadline: November 15th (11.59PM). • All submissions must be done through Canvas. • The maximum grade for the written report: 10% will be added to the lowest exam score (exam 1 or exam 2). Project Description: • Watch the “Mind Over Money” documentary, which is available online (https://www(dot)youtube(dot)com/watch?v=D8BuMZAypCg). The duration of the video is 55 minutes • Write a 1-1.5 page (double spaced) report answering the following question: “In the video, a number of behavioral or psychological biases are showed. Describe a situation, in which you have exhibited or you have seen someone exhibit one of the described psychological biases” • The report should be written using font size 12, double spaced, numbered pages. • The first page should contain the following information: Class name & section, term and your name. Grading Criteria: The written report will be evaluated based on the following criteria: • Content: adequate coverage of topic, logic of arguments, in-depth analysis, relevance • Presentation/Clarity: use of appropriate headings, appropriate organization, ease of understanding. • Accuracy: free of spelling, grammar, and content errors.