Choice (Psychology)

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Mark Christopher retires from the top of his profession, moves to rural New Hampshire with his family, writes a book which proves an all-time best seller, and then finds himself facing an ultimate choice.

"Before anyone else is awake, on a perfect August morning, Elle Bishop heads out for a swim in the glorious fresh water pond below 'The Paper Palace', the gently decaying summer camp in the back woods of Cape Cod where her family has spent every summer for generations. As she pa…

"Before anyone else is awake, on a perfect August morning, Elle Bishop heads out for a swim in the glorious fresh water pond below 'The Paper Palace', the gently decaying summer camp in the back woods of Cape Cod where her family has spent every summer for generations. As she pa…

Presents the research in media psychology, bridging selective exposure into a larger framework of choice in media usage. Considering the myriad media options available to use, this work seeks to answer such questions as: what mechanisms guide an individual's exposure to/choice o…

A brief introduction to media choice / Tilo Hartmann -- Social cognitive theories of media selection / Robert LaRose -- Action theory, theory of planned behavior and media choice / Tilo Hartmann -- Money does matter / Helmut Scherer & Teresa K. Naab -- The effect of subjective q…

"We are encouraged from all sides to view our lives as being full of choices. Like the products on a supermarket shelf, our careers, our relationships, our bodies, our very identities seem to be there for the choosing. But paradoxically this seeming freedom to choose can create …

"Drawing on diverse examples from popular culture - spanning dating sites and self-help books, to our obsession with celebrities' lifestyles - and fusing sociology. psychoanalysis and philosophy, Salecl shows that choice is rarely based on a simple rational decision with a predi…