Economic Psychology
Rob Ranyard, Rob Ranyard
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Economic Psychology
Rob Ranyard, Rob Ranyard
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A comprehensive overview of contemporary economic psychology
Economic Psychology presents an accessible overview of contemporary economic psychology. The science of economic mental life and behavior is increasingly relevant as people are expected to take more responsibility for their household and personal economic decisions. The text will, in addition to reviewing current knowledge on each topic presented, consider the practical and policy implications for supporting economic decision making. Economic Psychology examines the central aspects of adult decision making in everyday life and includes the theories of economic decision making based on risk, value and affect, and theories of intertemporal choice. The text reviews the nature and behavioral consequences of economic mental representations about such things as material possessions, money and the economy.
The editor Robert Ranyard—a noted expert on economic psychology—presents a life-span developmental approach, from childhood to old age. He also reviews the important societal issues such as charitable giving and economic sustainability. This vital resource:
- Reviews the economic psychology in everyday life including financial behaviour such as saving and tax-paying and matters such as entrepreneurial activity
- Offers an introduction to the field and traces the emergence of the discipline, from Adam Smith to George Katona and Herbert Simon
- Includes information on societal issues such as charitable giving and pro-environmental behaviour
- Considers broader perspectives on economic psychology: life-span psychological development from childhood to old age
Written for students of psychology, Economic Psychology reviews the most important information on contemporary economic psychology with a focus on individual and household economic decision making, ranging widely across financial matters such as borrowing and saving, and economic activities such as buying, trading, and working.
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PART 1
Fundamentals
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Introduction to Economic Psychology: The Science of Economic Mental Life and Behaviour
- 1.1 INTRODUCTION
- 1.2 THE EMERGENCE OF THE DISCIPLINE
- 1.2.1 From Adam Smith to George Katona
- 1.2.2 Economic Decision-Making
- 1.2.3 Behavioural Economics and Economic Psychology
- 1.3 RESEARCH METHODS
- 1.4 ECONOMIC MENTAL REPRESENTATIONS
- 1.5 FINANCIAL BEHAVIOUR AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
- 1.6 LIFE-SPAN PERSPECTIVES
- 1.7 ECONOMIC PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIETY
- 1.8 SUMMARY
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Understand and describe the nature, origins and scope of economic psychology.
- Discuss the relationship between economic psychology and behavioural economics, and their perceived similarities and differences.
- Give examples of a range of studies and findings from recent economic psychology research.
1.1 INTRODUCTION
Box 1.1 Defining characteristics of economic psychology
- The science of economic mental life and behaviour
- A branch of applied psychology
- The study of ‘how individuals affect the economy and how the economy affects individuals’ (Lea, Tarpy, & Webley, 1987, p. 2)
- An interdisciplinary field of study