Furnham offers this volume on the psychology of money, from history to individual attitudes to global dynamics. The first chapter offers a sampling of the various meanings with which money and riches are imbued as can be seen in both everyday behavior and cultural signifiers such as fairy tales. Next, a history of money leads into biopsychological and economic approaches to studying money. The relationship of money to happiness and people’s personal beliefs about the issue take a central spot in the book. The second half delves deeply into the socialization of money, from overarching economic systems to parenting and sex differences to career attitudes and workplace motivation. The final chapters discuss the emerging discipline of behavioral economics, the psychology of persuasion, and how our decision-making behavior with both explicit monetary transactions and homologous non-monetary interactions can be predicted. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com) The New Psychology of Money is an accessible and engrossing analysis of our psychological relationship to money in all its forms. Comprehensive and insightful, Adrian Furnham explores the role that money plays in a range of contexts, from the family to the high street, and asks whether the relationship is always a healthy one. Discussing how money influences what we think, what we say, and how we behave in a range of situations, the book places the dynamics of high finance and credit card culture in context with traditional attitudes towards wealth across a range of cultures, as well as how the concept of money has developed historically.The book is split into four sections:Understanding Money. What are our attitudes to money, and how does nationality, history and religion mediate those attitudes?Money in the Home How do we grow up with money, and what role does it play within the family? What role does gender play, and can we lose control in dealing with money?Money at Work. Are we really motivated by money at work? And what methods do retailers use to persuade us to part with our money?Money in Everyday Life. How do we balance the need to create more money for ourselves through investments with the desire to make charitable contributions, or give money to friends and family? How has the e-revolution changed our relationship to money?Radically updated from its original publication in 1998, The New Psychology of Money is a timely and fascinating book on the psychological impact of an aspect of daily life we generally take for granted. It will be of interest to all students of psychology, economics and business and management, but also anyone who takes an interest in the world around them.
