The study of psychological factors influencing financial decision-making, including cognitive biases, emotional influences, and individual differences that affect economic behavior and money management.
Example: Research on why people make irrational financial choices like continuing to invest in losing stocks (sunk cost fallacy) or spending more with credit cards than cash.
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