The Psychological Science of Money

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 completed graduate training as an experimental social psychologist at Nijmegen University, where he worked on habit and decision making. Since 2004 he has been a Full Professor in Social Psychology at Utrecht University. His work deals with several topics related to the role of goals in automatic processes of social cognition and behavior.

PART 1. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE SCIENCE OF MONEY.- Chapter 1. A Psychological Perspective on Money.- Chapter 2. Money: Metaphors and Motives.- Chapter 3. Materiality, Symbol and Complexity in the Anthropology of Money.- PART 2. DEALING WITH MONEY: BIOLOGICAL AND COGNITIVE MECHANISMS.- Chapter 4. Conscious and Unconscious Influences of Money: Two Sides of the Same Coin?.- Chapter 5. The (Relative and Absolute) Subjective Value of Money.- Chapter 6. Financial decision making across adulthood.- Chapter 7. Motivation and Cognitive Control: Going Beyond Monetary Incentives.- Chapter 8. Pathological gambling: Who gains from others’ losses?.- PART 3. DEALING WITH MONEY: MEANING-MAKING PROCESSES.- Chapter 9. The Psychology of Getting Paid: An Integrated Perspective.- Chapter 10. The Psychological Science of Spending Money.- Chapter 11. Two Sides of the Same Coin: Money can Promote and Hinder Interpersonal Processes.