Economic Psychology Of Everyday Life (international Series In Social Psychology)

The Economic Psychology of Everyday Life From childhood through to adulthood, retirement and finally death, The Economic Psychology of Everyday Life uniquely explores the economic problems all individuals have to solve across the course of their lives. Webley, Burgoyne, Lea and Young begin by introducing the concept of economic behaviour and its study. They then examine the main economic issues faced at each life stage, including: • • • • • • the impact of advertising on children, buying a house and setting up home, changing family roles and gender-linked inequality, redundancy and unemployment, coping on a pension, and obituaries, wills and inheritance. Finally, they draw together the commonalities of economic problems across the life-span, discuss the generational and cultural changes in economic behaviour and examine how the economy constrains non-economic aspects of individual psychology. The Economic Psychology of Everyday Life provides a much-needed comprehensive and accessible guide to economic psychology which will be of great interest to researchers and students. Paul Webley, Carole B.Burgoyne, Stephen E.G.Lea and Brian M.Young are all members of the Economic Psychology Research Group at the School of Psychology, University of Exeter. International Series in Social Psychology Edited by W.Peter Robinson University of Bristol, UK This series provides a showcase of original contributions of the highest quality, as well as thorough reviews of existing theories suitable for advanced students and researchers. Many will be useful as course texts for higher level study; applied topics are well represented and social psychology is defined broadly to include other psychological areas like social development, or the social psychology of abnormal behaviour. A reflection of contemporary social psychology, the series is a rich source of information for dissertations, new research projects and seminars. Recent books in the series: Adjustment of Adolescents Cross-cultural similarities and differences Ruth Scott and W.A.Scott Adolescence From Crisis to Coping A thirteen nation study Janice Gibson-Cline Personal Relationships across the Lifespan Patricia Noller, Judith A.Feeney and Candida Peterson Children as Consumers A psychological analysis of the young people’s market Barrie Gunter and Adrian Furnham Understanding the Older Consumer The grey market Barrie Gunter Changing European Identities Social psychological analyses of social change Glynis M.Breakwell and Evanthia Lyons Making Sense of Television The psychology of audience interpretation (2nd edition) Sonia Livingstone Social Groups and Identities Developing the legacy of Henri Tajfel Edited by W.Peter Robinson Stereotypes during the Decline and Fall of Communism György Hunyady Also available in the Routledge Rese