How Poverty Changes Your Mind-Set | Chicago Booth Review They suspected that poverty might essentially create a new mind-set—one that shifts what people pay attention to and therefore how they make decisions “Some say you really have to understand the broad social structure of being poor, and what people do and don’t have access to,” says Shah
Your Brain on Poverty: Why Poor People Seem to Make Bad . . . In August, Science published a landmark study concluding that poverty, itself, hurts our ability to make decisions about school, finances, and life, imposing a mental burden similar to losing 13 IQ points
Why Do We Think Poor People are Poor Because of Their Own Bad . . . “We often think it is structure or circumstance that constrains our choices, but it’s the behavior of others that alters theirs ” In other words, other poor people are poor because they make bad choices – but if I’m poor, it’s because of an unfair system As a result of this phenomenon, Pimpare says, poor people tend to be hardest on each other
Poor people aren’t stupid; bad decisions are from being . . . Being poor affects your ability to think, a new study shows Those coping with severe financial stress don't have the mental bandwidth to deal with all of life’s troubles, a team of researchers
Dangerous Reasons You Need to Stop Lying About Your Income Why someone might lie: By reporting that they make less income than they actually do, some families are able to obtain financial aid to offset the cost of tuition, thereby lowering their expected
How Wealth Reduces Compassion - Scientific American But research suggests the opposite is true: as people climb the social ladder, their compassionate feelings towards other people decline looking at whether social class (as
The human side of poverty: Why poor people make bad decisions In an essay written to show the human side of poverty, Linda Tirado explains some of the rationale behind the self-defeating decisions she makes as a poor person On not cooking, for example, she
The undeserving poor: why people on low incomes are judged . . . People on low incomes are frequently judged negatively for buying items deemed to be unnecessary, extravagant or self-indulgent But those same everyday items when consumed by people with higher incomes are often deemed not just acceptable, but essential
When Does Lying Become Compulsive or Pathological? Someone who lies compulsively or pathologically will lie very often and out of habit, despite not having a good reason for being dishonest They may be dishonest about many things,