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Tag Archives: life history theory
And the poor get poorer: How our life histories shape our response to financial trouble
When “primed” (reminded, made to think about) with threats to their financial wellbeing, people who were poorer as children were more likely to respond by making more impulsive, riskier choices than usual, whereas people from more secure backgrounds did the opposite. Continue reading
