Economic Motives: A Study in the Psychological Foundations of Economic Theory, with Some Reference to Other Social Sciences

Zenas Clark Dickinson

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Economic Motives

A Study in the Psychological Foundations of Economic Theory, with Some Reference to Other Social Sciences

Zenas Clark Dickinson

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1922

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Volume 24 | Harvard Economic Studies

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
PREFACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	vii
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
PART I. INTRODUCTION AND HISTORICAL APPROACH
CHAPTER I. HUMAN NATURE IN ECONOMICS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	3
CHAPTER II. COMMON-SENSE ANALYSIS OF MOTIVES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	16
CHAPTER III ASSOCIATIONIST-HEDONISM : ARISTOTLE, HOBBES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	26
CHAPTER IV. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF ADAM SMITH Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	43
CHAPTER V. THE UTILITARIAN PSYCHOLOGY: JEREMY BENTHAM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	54
CHAPTER VI. UTILITARIAN PSYCHOLOGY: THE TWO MILLS AND BAIN Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	67
PART II. THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF MOTIVES
CHAPTER VII. THE NEWER POINT OF VIEW IN PSYCHOLOGY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	83
CHAPTER VIII. INSTINCTS, APTITUDES AND APPETITES, IN GENERAL Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	92
CHAPTER IX. THE HUMAN INSTINCTS AND APTITUDES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	109
CHAPTER Χ. EMOTION, PLEASURE AND PAIN Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	131
CHAPTER XI. THE LEARNING PROCESS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	144
CHAPTER XII. LEARNING, REASONING AND RATIONALITY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	163
CHAPTER XIII. HOW MAY NEW MOTIVES BE INSTILLED? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	196
PART III. SOME APPLICATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGY TO PROBLEMS OF ECONOMIC THEORY
CHAPTER XIV. THE PRESENT STATE OF ECONOMIC PSYCHOLOGY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	203
CHAPTER XV. APPLICATIONS TO ECONOMIC WANTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	207
CHAPTER XVI. UTILITY AND COST Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	229
CHAPTER XVII. PSYCHOLOGY OF THE VALUATION PROCESS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	239
CHAPTER XVIII. PSYCHOLOGY IN SAVING Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	254
CHAPTER XIX. WORK Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	270
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	297

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October 1, 2013

eBook ISBN:

9780674287846

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February 5, 1922

Hardcover ISBN:

9780674336780

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2nd printing 1924. Reprint 2014

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7

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304

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674287846

eBook ISBN: 9780674287846

Hardcover ISBN: 9780674336780

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Economics.; Psychology.

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