金钱启动研究是利用启动方法探索金钱心理的一种新取向。该领域现存在三种相关理论:自足理论、社会资源理论及心理定势理论;金钱启动研究的现有研究方法可以归纳为:混词组句任务、呈现金钱(影像)或提示金钱问题、回忆/朗读与金钱有关的经验/故事。作者在评论部分指出了金钱启动研究的贡献及三种理论的各自不足:在展望部分提出了对金钱启动研究内部机制的见解,并指出未来研究应探索金钱启动的理论边界问题,同时将个体自主与能动性一起考虑。
Money priming research is a new approach to exploring the psychology of money. The article introduced three theories of money priming: self-sufficiency theory, social resource theory, and mind-set theory. The methods of money priming were categorized into four types of tasks: scrambled-words task, money/image-presenting task, money-questioning task, and the task of recalling or reading the stories or experiences about money. The author stated the contribution of the money priming research and commented on the three theories above. In the end, the author proposed the potential mechanisms of money priming, and prospected future directions of exploring the boundaries of money priming theories, and taking individual's autonomy and initiative into consideration.