I am not making this up. I just got the attached email
from another listserve to which I subscribe. Seems that
"Get Rich Internet" schemes might have their own home
in Psychology, at least within the mentioned Journal.
-Mike
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Michael J. Kane
Psychology Department
Georgia State University
University Plaza
Atlanta, GA 30303-3083
phone: 404-651-0704
fax: 404-651-0753
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"It is morally as bad not to care whether a thing
is true or not, so long as it makes you feel good,
as it is not to care how you got your money as
long as you have it."
-- E.W. Teale
We have often talked about the need for psychology to explore new roles
in >and< outside of psychology (rather than simply replicating the old
ones) and I came across an opportunity for innovative research or input
from psychologists. I just received a brochure in the mail (perhaps many
of you have) which was a call for papers for the "Journal of Psychology
and Financial Markets". It appears to be a multidisciplinary journal
(pulling from specialists in personality/social/clinical psychology,
psychiatry, organizational behavior, accounting, marketing, sociology,
anthropology, behavioral economics, etc) looking at the behavior of
markets and investing.
Some of the examples of problems they say they intend to cover include
investor panic, perceptions of risk, group interaction and herding
behavior in markets, when statistics lead investors astray, why
contrarian strategies work, expert error in financial markets, and
others.
It seems like an opportunity for psychologists/behavior scientists to
apply their expertise somewhere >besides< within psychology (that is,
talking to others rather than just amongst ourselves). If anyone would
like more information about it, I could copy some of the text from the
brochure. The address for submissions is:
The Journal of Psychology and Financial Markets
1900 Preston Rd, #267
PMB 310
Plano, TX 75093-5175
I only know what I read in the brochure so I cannot speak to the
legitimacy of the journal, but it looks like an opportunity worth
exploring. Our country has been bursting with interest in investing and
finance and applying our knowledge of psychology, behavior, and research
to better inform this interest is a appropriate and necessary use of our
expertise.
Corey Habben, Psy.D.
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