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The Psychological Science of Money

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Description for The Psychological Science of Money Hardcover. The Psychological Science of Money Editor(s): Bijleveld, Erik H.; Aarts, Henk. Num Pages: 275 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, 8 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JMJ; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 522.

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 brings together classic and current findings on the myriad ways money affects brain, mind, and behavior to satisfy not only our needs for material gain, but also for autonomy and self-worth. Leading experts trace the links between early concepts of value and modern symbolic meanings of wealth, in addition to identifying the areas of the human ... Read more

  • Materiality, symbol, and complexity in the anthropology of money.
  • The (relative and absolute) subjective value of money.
  • Conscious and unconscious influences of money: two sides of the same coin?
  • A life-course approach to dealing with monetary gains and losses
  • Motivation and cognitive control: beyond monetary incentives.
  • An integrative perspective on the science of getting paid.
  • The psychological science of spending.
  • The unique role of money in society makes The Psychological Science of Money a singularly fascinating resource with a wide audience among social psychologists, industrial and organizational psychologists, economists, sociologists, anthropologists, and public policymakers.

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    Product Details

    Format
    Hardback
    Publication date
    2014
    Publisher
    Springer
    Condition
    New
    Number of Pages
    267
    Place of Publication
    New York, United States
    ISBN
    9781493909582
    SKU
    V9781493909582
    Shipping Time
    Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
    Ref
    99-15

    About N/A
    Erik Bijleveld is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Social and Organizational Psychology at Utrecht University. His research focuses on investigating nonconscious, motivational processes. More specifically, his present line of research aims to show that nonconscious and conscious varieties of motivation operate in similar ways, at least when it comes to the allocation of mental resources. Henk Aarts ... Read more

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