As poverty continues to be a feature of the social and economic landscape in the United Kingdom, attention is turning towards the potentially damaging role played by individual decisions made in low-income contexts. Jennifer Sheehy-Skeffington, Assistant Professor of Social Psychology London School of Economics and Political Science, summarises the most recent evidence on the relationship between socioeconomic status and the psychological, social and cultural processes that underpin decision-making.
Image courtesy of interviewee. February 21, 2018