Money And Marriage? How Marital Dynamics And Gender Differences In Risk Affect Financial Portfolio
Disagreements over money are widely believed to be one of the leading causes of divorce and separation in the developed world. Hence, it is perhaps unsurprising that examination of transitions in and Read More »
With Friends Like These, Who Needs Money? Three Tests Of The Substitutability Hypothesis Of Money
Rich people have fewer friends than the rest, according to a Gallup poll (2004). Respondents whose income was at the top of the scale reported having the fewest friends, while those making the least Read More »
The Psychophysics Of Humor
Psychological distance (due to the passage of time, degree of social familiarity, differences between geographical locations, or degree of reality) is an important factor in transforming tragedy into Read More »
Philosophies Of Happiness: Preferences For Experienced And Remembered Happiness
Which life would you prefer: a life where you experience happiness on a moment-to-moment basis such that you feel happy during your life; or a life that you reflect back on and feel happy thinking Read More »
What Was I Thinking? Effect Of Construal On Memory Based Choice
Construal Level Theory (CLT) argues that one’s construal level, or the degree to which one represents information concretely vs. abstractly, has a broad influence on attitudes, choice, and related Read More »