The Psychological Science of Money

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bijleveld, Erik (Editor), Aarts, Henk (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Psychology.; Industrial psychology.; Personality.; Social psychology.; Cognitive psychology.; Personality and Social Psychology.; Industrial, Organisational and Economic Psychology.; Cognitive Psychology.

Money. The root of all evil? Arguably. Essential to our lives? Certainly. A main driver of human thought, emotion, and action? Absolutely--and psychology and its related fields are getting closer to understanding its complex role in human behavior and in society.  The Psychological Science of Money...

Table of Contents:

• PART 1. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE SCIENCE OF MONEY
• Chapter 1. A Psychological Perspective on Money
• Chapter 2. Money: Metaphors and Motives
• Chapter 3. Materiality, Symbol and Complexity in the Anthropology of Money
• PART 2. DEALING WITH MONEY: BIOLOGICAL AND COGNITIVE MECHANISMS
• Chapter 4. Conscious and Unconscious Influences of Money: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
• Chapter 5. The (Relative and Absolute) Subjective Value of Money
• Chapter 6. Financial decision making across adulthood
• Chapter 7. Motivation and Cognitive Control: Going Beyond Monetary Incentives
• Chapter 8. Pathological gambling: Who gains from others’ losses?
• PART 3. DEALING WITH MONEY: MEANING-MAKING PROCESSES
• Chapter 9. The Psychology of Getting Paid: An Integrated Perspective
• Chapter 10. The Psychological Science of Spending Money
• Chapter 11. Two Sides of the Same Coin: Money can Promote and Hinder Interpersonal Processes.