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While traditional finance focuses on the tools used to optimize return and minimize risk, this book shows how psychology can explain our decisions more than financial theory. Analyzing how investors behave in the real world, this is the first book of its kind to delve into the ways biases influence investment behavior, and how overcoming these biases can increase financial success. Now in its seventh edition, this classic text features: An easy-to-understand structure, illustrating psychological biases as everyday behavior; analyzing their effect on investment decisions; and concluding with academic studies that show real-life investors making choices that hurt their wealth New content on fintech and cryptocurrencies, the role of social media in investing, generational biases, and the COVID-19 pandemic Experiential examples, chapter summaries, and end-of-chapter discussion questions to help readers test their practical understanding Online supplements comprising PowerPoint slides for both students and lecturers Fully updated with the latest research in the field, The Psychology of Investing will prove fascinating and educational for advanced students in behavioral finance, investment and portfolio management classes, as well as investors and financial planners.

JAPAN'S CULTURE AND SOCIOECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT ARE OFTEN REGARDED AS THE MAJOR FORCES THAT AFFECT AND DETERMINE INDIVIDUAL SOCIAL AND POLITICAL BEHAVIOR. CULTURAL ASPECTS, IN PARTICULAR, INFLUENCE THE WAY THE LEADERS BEHAVE, DECISIONMAKING PROCESSES, AND VOTING BEHAVIOR. CHANGES IN THE ECONOMIC SITUATION IN RECENT DECADES HAVE AFFECTED THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ATTITUDES OF THE YOUNG GENERATION. MOREOVER, THE ROLE PLAYED BY THE NEWS MEDIA IS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR THAT CAN ALSO EXPLAIN SOME OF THE ROOTS OF POLITICAL BEHAVIOR IN JAPAN.

"Psychology and Security" published on by Oxford University Press.

Intro -- PSYCHOLOGY OF PEACE -- PSYCHOLOGY OF PEACE -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- FORGIVENESS AND THE PSYCHOLOGY OF PEACE -- ABSTRACT -- WHAT IS PEACE? -- THE CENTRALITY OF FORGIVENESS IN PEACE -- PEACE AND INTERGROUP FORGIVENESS -- THEORETICAL APPROACHES -- INTERGROUP THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES -- Contact Hypothesis -- Social Identity Theory -- Realistic Conflict Theory -- CORRELATES OF INTERGROUP FORGIVENESS -- ADDITIONAL PREDICTORS OF INTERGROUP FORGIVENESS -- FUTURE RESEARCH -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF WAR-TRAUMATIZED ADOLESCENTS DURING THE PEACE IN POST-WAR BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS -- Schools -- Students -- Measuring Instruments -- Statistical Analysis -- RESULTS -- Sociodemographic Data and Exposure to Traumatic Events -- Needs of Adolescents -- Free Activities and Activities for Stress Coping -- Prevalence of PTSD -- Prevalence of Depression -- Co-Morbidity of PTSD and Depression -- Logistic Regression for Depression -- Logistic Regression for PTSD -- Correlation of Suicidal Thoughts, Factor Scales of Depressive Symptoms, Depression, PTSD, Destroying Property and Post War -House Reconstruction -- Correlation of Suicidal Thoughts, Anhedonia, Depression, PTSD, being in Foreign Country and Loss of Meaningful Relatives and Friends during the War -- Correlation of Suicidal Thoughts, Negative Thoughts, Interpersonal Problems, Anhedonia, PTSD, Related to Experience of Detonation of Exploded Shell(S) Near by Participant, Wounding of Father, Brother and Uncle(S) during the War -- Correlation of Suicidal Thoughts, Negative Mood, Interpersonal Problems, Ineffectiveness, Anhedonia, Negative Self Esteem, Depression, PTSD, and Perceived Fears and Concerning of Students.

Intro -- ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY NEW DEVELOPMENTS -- ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY NEW DEVELOPMENTS -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 APPLICATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY THEORIES AND FRAMEWORKS TO EVIDENCE-BASED HEALTHCARE DESIGN -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Evidence-Based Design -- Human Factors -- Standardization and Handedness -- Stress, Hassle, Fatigue and Alertness -- Acute Stress -- Alertness -- Hassle -- Workplace and Behavioral Psychology -- Peer Line of Sight -- Patient Visibility -- Patient Falls -- Teamwork -- Behavior Modification -- Control and Social Support -- Crowding and Density -- Aesthetics -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 2 CONTEMPORARY PHYSICAL WORKSPACES: A REVIEW OF CURRENT RESEARCH, TRENDS, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY INQUIRY -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Individual Differences in Experiencing the Environment -- Characteristics of the Physical Environmental -- Lighting -- Noise -- Color -- Personalization -- Air Quality -- Social Environmental Characteristics -- Privacy -- Territoriality -- Crowding -- Layout -- Symbolic Environmental Characteristics -- Current Trends -- Alternative Work Sites -- Telecommuting -- Hoteling & Flexible Office Spaces -- Digitized Work Environments -- Green Buildings -- Biophilic Design -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 THE PSYCHOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS OF SUSTAINABILITY -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Sustainable Behavior -- Proecological Behaviors -- Frugal Behaviors -- Altruistic Behaviors -- Equitable Behaviors -- Sustainable Lifestyles -- Psychological Antecedents of Sustainable Behavior -- Ecological Worldviews -- Time Perspective -- Pro-Environmental Deliberation -- Moral Considerations, Norms and Values -- Pro-Environmental Competency -- Affinity towards Diversity.