Socio-Economic Environment and Human Psychology

Introduction Ay,se K. Üskül and Shigehori Oishi

Section 1: Ecology and Economic Activity 1. Ecocultural Perspective on Human Behavior John W. Berry

2. The Role of Economic Culture in Social Interdependence: Consequences for Cognitive Style and Social Exclusion Experiences Ay,se K. Üskül and Harriet Over

3. How Rice Farming Shaped Culture in Southern China Thomas Talhelm and Shigehiro Oishi

4. Rationally Irrational?: The Ecologies and Economics of Honor Dov Cohen, Ivan Hernandez, Karl Gruschow, Andrzej Nowak, Michele J. Gelfand, and Wojciech Borkowski

Section 2: Socioeconomic Status and Inequality 5. Decision-Making Up Against the Wall: A Framework for Understanding the Behavioral Dimension of Low Socioeconomic Status Jennifer Sheehy-Skeffington

6. Socioeconomic Inequality in Health: Individual- and Area-Level Measures of Socioeconomic Position Nicos Middleton, Panayiota Ellina, George Zannoupas, Demetris Lamnisos, and Christiana Kouta

7. Socioeconomic Cultures: How Education Shapes the Self Rebecca Carey and Lucy Zhang Bencharit

8. Context Shapes Human Development: Studies from Turkey Çi&gdem Ka&gitçiba,si and Zeynep Cemalcilar

Section 3: Economic Conditions 9. Economics of Subjective Well-Being: Evaluating the Evidence for the Easterlin Paradox Anke C. Plagnol and Lucia Macchia

10. Economic Shifts and Cultural Changes in Individualism: A Cross-Temporal Perspective Yuji Ogihara

11. Dynamics of Culture Change and Cultural Stability Among the Shuar of Ecuador H. Clark Barrett

Section 4: Ecological and Economic Threat 12. Economic Conditions Cue Evolutionary Challenges: When a Recession is More Than Just a Recession Jeff Gassen and Sarah E. Hill

13. Disasters, Insurance, and Preferences Yasuyuki Sawada