Sessions — One More Episode
The twelve-week teaching schedule: each week's topic and psychological question, with quick links to that week's lecture, slides and interactive experiment.
Week 1: The One More Episode Effect
22 February 2027
Why do we keep watching when we already know we should stop?
Recording · Slides · Experiment · Quiz
Week 2: Why We Start Watching
1 March 2027
Why do we press play in the first place?
Recording · Slides · Experiment · Quiz
Week 3: Cliffhangers
8 March 2027
Why does an unanswered question pull harder than an unfinished story?
Recording · Slides · Experiment · Quiz
Week 4: Autoplay
15 March 2027
What changes when you have to act to stop something, instead of act to continue it?
Recording · Slides · Experiment · Quiz · Assignment 1
Week 5: Rewards & Reinforcement
22 March 2027
Why does an unpredictable reward keep pulling you back harder than a reliable one?
Recording · Slides · Experiment · Quiz · Assignment 1
Week 6: Time Perception
29 March 2027
Why can three episodes feel shorter than fifteen minutes of waiting?
Recording · Slides · Experiment · Quiz · Assignment 1
Week 7: Binge Watching
5 April 2027
What happens to "one more episode" once nobody is keeping count?
Recording · Slides · Experiment · Quiz
Week 8: Recommendation Algorithms
12 April 2027
Does picking what you already like change what you're offered next?
Recording · Slides · Experiment · Quiz
Week 9: Social Watching
19 April 2027
What is a social cue actually doing, when the two options are otherwise the same?
Recording · Slides · Experiment · Quiz · Final project
Week 10: Sleep vs Entertainment
26 April 2027
Does seeing the actual cost of "one more" change whether you pay it?
Recording · Slides · Experiment · Quiz · Final project
Week 11: Breaking the Loop
3 May 2027
Where can a small intervention break a cycle that keeps itself going?
Recording · Slides · Experiment · Quiz · Final project
Week 12: The Final Episode
10 May 2027
What happens when the mechanisms we've studied work together?
Recording · Slides · Experiment · Quiz · Final project