Thread: The Psychology of Money (Your input is needed!)

Hey guys, I'm running an experiment that I can't explain the details of just yet, because I'm just collecting data, but I was just wondering if you could do me a quick favour.

If you have a moment, I'm going to give you a word and you're going to write as a response, every word and association you have with that word. Anything that comes to your mind. It can be in list-form, it doesn't even have to really make sense. I'm looking for instinctual brain-farts here. If you can, maybe avoid looking at what others have written just to warn off priming and fear of repetition. In case you do sight the other responses, don't worry about repeating the same things. I want whatever comes to YOUR mind, and if it matches what somebody else says about it, then that's alright.

Okay, so, as many words and associations as you can think of. Ready? The word is: Money.

Originally Posted by hadams

Money.

1. Ample
2. Baggage
3. Smokey

I've stopped at three words, as any more requires a conscious effort to hunt them down. I'm not sure if it matters, but I should state that English isn't my first language if you want to consider that being a variable.

Originally Posted by hadams

Money.

Piggy Bank.
Saving Coins.
Allowance.
Working for neighbors.
Buying Gifts.
Moving out on my own.
Hourly Wage.
Tips.
Bank Account.
Postal Money Orders.
Bank Drafts.
Chequing Account.
Savings Account.
Compound Interest.
Bank Fees.
Personal Loan.
Vehicle purchase.
Interest Rates.
Income Tax.
Credit Card.
Personal line of credit.
Buy land.
Sweat Equity.
Home Construction.
Discretionary spending.
Disposable Income.
Price Comparison.
Insurance.
Cost of living.
Inflation.
On-line shopping.
Customer rewards programs & incentives.
Cost/benefit analysis.
GIC rates.
Income tax refund.
Net worth.
Assets.

LOL. I am just getting started but I have to go to work now to earn some more lucre for my expensive hobbies.

greed

fortune

fame

decadence

gold

power

wealth

capitalism

theft

poverty

famine

neocolonialism

colonialism

food

clothing

shelter

barter

economy

I LOVE you guys, thank you so much!

philanthropist

benefactor

contributor

humanitarian

altruistic

generous

magnanimous

unselfish

altruistic

Robin Hood

munificent

Investment, markets, shares, sell, buy, limits, term, margin, portfolio, profit, loss, retirement.

Excess
Bankers
Materialism
Wealth
Opportunity
Freedom
Capitalism
Bribery
Corruption
Greed
Paper
Gold
Value
Saving
Investment
Evil
Work
Employment
Status
Security
Zero-Sum

Filth, greed, green, QE II, suited greasy cigar smokers, poverty.

Flying Lizards.

Originally Posted by Dywyddyr

Flying Lizards.

Flying snakes (although not lizards) do make "S" shapes with their bodies... which could be interpreted as "$"

Originally Posted by shlunka

Flying snakes (although not lizards) do make "S" shapes with their bodies... which could be interpreted as "$"

Not what I meant.
The only things that I think about when I see a dollar sign is (1) How much is that in real money? and (B) What's the postage going to cost? ¹ i.e. "Probably not affordable".
I really did mean Flying Lizards.
It was the first thing that came to mind.

1 Although I have just signed up for a Patreon campaign that's costing me dollars. Fortunately the products I'll receive are PDFs - zero postage.
(And yes, that's me in one of the patron photos).

Originally Posted by Dywyddyr

Originally Posted by shlunka

Flying snakes (although not lizards) do make "S" shapes with their bodies... which could be interpreted as "$"

Not what I meant.
The only things that I think about when I see a dollar sign is (1) How much is that in real money? and (B) What's the postage going to cost? ¹ i.e. "Probably not affordable".
I really did mean Flying Lizards.
It was the first thing that came to mind.

1 Although I have just signed up for a Patreon campaign that's costing me dollars. Fortunately the products I'll receive are PDFs - zero postage.
(And yes, that's me in one of the patron photos).

I chuckled at your last name, due to ducks having a rather large member for their size, it seemed ironic. The first word that came to my mind was "Pen Lasagna".

Originally Posted by shlunka

The first word that came to my mind was "Pen Lasagna".

No, no. We have no Pen Lasagna. We have Penne Rigate in aisle 2.

Originally Posted by scheherazade

Originally Posted by shlunka

The first word that came to my mind was "Pen Lasagna".

No, no. We have no Pen Lasagna. We have Penne Rigate in aisle 2.

I ate Penne Frigate once and the ships battled until I flushed.

WOW you guys are amazing, thank you so much for your input!!