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This text offers a comprehensive overview of contemporary economic psychology, emphasizing its relevance as individuals increasingly manage their own economic decisions. It reviews current knowledge while exploring practical and policy implications for enhancing economic decision-making. The focus is on adult decision-making processes in daily life, incorporating theories related to risk, value, affect, and intertemporal choice. It also examines economic mental representations concerning material possessions, money, and the economy. Edited by Robert Ranyard, a recognized expert in the field, the work adopts a life-span developmental perspective, addressing economic behavior from childhood through old age. Key societal issues, such as charitable giving and economic sustainability, are also discussed. This essential resource is designed for psychology students and covers crucial aspects of economic psychology, focusing on individual and household financial decisions, including borrowing, saving, buying, trading, and working.
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Economic Psychology, Robert Ranyard
- Language
- Released
- 2017
- Binding
- (Paperback),
- Book condition
- Good
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- €41.99
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- Title
- Economic Psychology
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Robert Ranyard
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Released
- 2017
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 512
- ISBN10
- 111892634X
- ISBN13
- 9781118926345
- Series
- Description
- This text offers a comprehensive overview of contemporary economic psychology, emphasizing its relevance as individuals increasingly manage their own economic decisions. It reviews current knowledge while exploring practical and policy implications for enhancing economic decision-making. The focus is on adult decision-making processes in daily life, incorporating theories related to risk, value, affect, and intertemporal choice. It also examines economic mental representations concerning material possessions, money, and the economy. Edited by Robert Ranyard, a recognized expert in the field, the work adopts a life-span developmental perspective, addressing economic behavior from childhood through old age. Key societal issues, such as charitable giving and economic sustainability, are also discussed. This essential resource is designed for psychology students and covers crucial aspects of economic psychology, focusing on individual and household financial decisions, including borrowing, saving, buying, trading, and working.