Economic Psychology
Lectures: 15
Seminars: 15
Tutorials: 0
ECTS credit: 3
Lecturer(s): doc. dr. Lep Žan
Theoretical foundations of economic psychology: defining the area of study; relationship with other fields of (applied) social psychology and related sciences; theories of rationality; biased cognitive processing; heuristical thinking; value, risk, and emotions; prospect theory; models of (economic) decision-making.
Psychology of basic economic notions: social and mental representations of economic constructs; mental accounting; financial literacy; financial socialisation; development of economic-psychological thinking; economic psychology through the lifespan; time perspectives.
Applying economic psychology: behavioural economics; psychology of poverty; economy and mental/public health; economic psychology of sustainability; psychology of economic behaviour (saving, investing, spending); materialism; gifting and donating; gambling; gray economz; economic decision-making in households/families; economic psychology, work, and unemployement.
Johnson, J. G. in Busemeyer, J. R. (2010). Decision making under risk and uncertainty. WIREs Cognitive Science, 1(5), 736–749. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcs.76
Ranyard, R. (2017). Economic psychology. John Wiley & Sons. [COBISS.SI-ID: 143224323]
Thaler, R. H. (1999). Mental accounting matters. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 12(3), 183–206. https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-0771(199909)12:3<183::AID-BDM318>3.0…