Psychology and the economic mind : cognitive processes & conceptualization / Robert L. Leahy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leahy, Robert L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Risk-taking (Psychology)--Economic aspects.

Risk-taking (Psychology).

Decision making.

Cognitive therapy.

Economics--Psychological aspects.

Economics.

Cognition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Springer Pub. Co., c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book elaborates on a multidimensional model of decision-making that applies to how individuals make ""mundane decisions."" Decisions about pursuing relationships, exercise, work, or anything where people might have to ""invest"" time or behavioral effort are examples. The author utilizes cognitive-developmental theory to understand how children and adolescents make sense of economic inequality. This modern portfolio theory model of decision-making applies economic concepts to everyday life and may help us understand why individuals differ in their willingness to take risks. It also contri

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Portfolio Theory and Decision-Making; 1 An Investment Model of Depressive Resistance; 2 Decision-Making and Mania; 3 Depressive Decision-Making: Validation of the Portfolio Theory Model; 4 Decision-Making and Personality Disorders; Part II: Pessimism and Self-Limitation; 5 Strategic Self-Limitation; 6 Sunk Costs and Resistance to Change; 7 Pessimism as Risk-Management; Part III: Acquisition and Dissatisfaction; 8 Insatiability; 9 Modifying the Cycle of Dissatisfaction; 10 Cognitive Therapy on Wall Street: Schemas and Scripts of Invulnerability

Part IV: Development of Conceptions of Inequality11 The Development of Concepts of Economic and Social Inequality; Conclusions; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-229) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-81360-5

9786611813604

0-8261-5043-8

OCLC:

437109888