Socio-Economic Environment and Human Psychology

Social, Ecological, and Cultural Perspectives
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-0-19-049290-8
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 837 g

Edited by Ayse K. Üskül and Shigehiro Oishi, Socio-Economic Environment and Human Psychology focuses on the social and economic conditions that impact on every aspect of an individual's life cycle. This edited collection showcases a variety of approaches to the study of the role of the social and economic environment in human psychological processes, such as: judgment and decision-making, trust, the self, and happiness. Further, it brings together
state-of-the-art research from the fields of psychology, anthropology, economics, epidemiology, and evolutionary science.

Illuminating how individuals think, feel, and behave in response to the social and economic conditions and settings that shape our daily lives, contributors to this volume explore the role played by economic conditions (wealth, scarcity, disasters); economic change (urbanization, socio-economic mobility); and the type of economic activity or structure (farming, herding, market economy) in the shaping of different psychological processes. As a result, the findings presented in this volume
provide readers with important policy implications that have the potential to help to improve the psychological health of citizens at large.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Uskul, Ay Se K

Üskül, Ayse K.

Oishi, Shigehiro

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophische Anthropologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sozialpsychologie

Über Autor(innen)

Ayse K. Üskül is Professor of Social Psychology at the School of Psychology, University of Kent, UK. Her current research is organized around two major themes: socio-economic basis of interdependence and cultural conceptions of honour.

Shigehiro Oishi is Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia. His research centers on culture, social ecology, and happiness.