Biographical Information

• Appointed to current post at Bolton in 2001 (previously Reader, Principal Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, and Lecturer in Psychology)
• B.Sc. (Hons) Psychology, Manchester, 1968; Ph.D., Stirling, 1972; C.Psychol; AFBPsS  

Academic Interests

The psychology of  decision making, economic psychology, cognitive psychology (decision processes)|, research methodology. Recent projects include:

• Personal and household financial decision making
• Decision, risk and uncertainty: Experimental studies
• The citizen's adaptation to new and unfamiliar currencies
• Perceptions of price changes and inflation
• Post-higher education job-seeking behaviour and career decision making
• Current issues in decision research

Academic Responsibilities

 

Recent Publications

Bonini, N., Ranyard, R., & Mitonne, L. (2009). Special issue on "Cognition and emotion in economic decision making" Introductory article: explaining economic decisions. Mind and Society, 8, 1-6.  

Ranyard, R. (2009). Mental accounting. In: M. W. Kattan, (Ed) Encyclopaedia of medical decision making, pp. 69-72. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. 

Ranyard, R. Del Missier, F., Bonini, N., Duxbury, D., & Summers, B. (2008). Perceptions and expectations of price changes and inflation: A review and conceptual framework. Journal of Economic Psychology, 29, 378-400. Citation of Excellence Award|

Ranyard, R. (2008). Foreword to the Special Section: Perceptions and Expectations of Price Changes and Inflation. Journal of Economic Psychology, 29, 375-377.

Del Missier, F., Ranyard, R, & Pietroni, D. (2008). Interazioni virtuose tra psicologia della decisione ed economia comportamentale: Il caso dell'inflazione percepita. Sistemi Intelligenti, 20(1), 39-56.

Ranyard, R. (2007). Euro stories: The Irish experience of currency change. Journal of Consumer Policy, 30, 313-322.

Del Missier, F., Bonini, N., & Ranyard, R. (2007). The Euro illusion in consumers' price estimation: An Italian-Irish comparison in the third year of the Euro. Journal of Consumer Policy, 30, 337-354.

Ranyard, R., Routh, D.A., Burgoyne, C. B. & Saldanha, G. (2007). A qualitative study of adaptation to the Euro in the Republic of Ireland: II. Errors, strategies and making sense of the new currency. European Psychologist, 30, 313-322. 

Ranyard, R. (2006). The psychology of consumer credit risk management: The case of payment protection insurance in the UK. Annex C of: Payment Protection Insurance: Report on the market study and proposed decision to make a market investigation reference. London: OFT. (see Annex C of the market study report at http://www.oft.gov.uk/shared_oft/reports/financial_products/oft869annexec.pdf|)

McHugh, S. & Ranyard, R. (2006). The role of APR and total cost information in consumer bank loan decisions. Proceedings of the 31 st IAREP Colloquium. Paris: Universities of Paris I & V.

Amado, S., Teközel, M., Topsever, Y., Ranyard, R., Del Missier, F. & Bonini, N. (2006). Does "000,000" matter? Psychological effects of Turkish Monetary Reform. Journal of Economic Psychology

Ranyard, R., Hinkley, L., Williamson, J., & McHugh, S.(2006). The role of mental accounting in consumer credit decision processes. Journal of Economic Psychology, 27, 571-588.

Ranyard, R. & Charlton, J. (2006). Cognitive processes underlying lottery and sports gambling decisions: the role of stated probabilities and background knowledge. European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 18, 234-254.  

Ranyard, R., Burgoyne, C., Saldanha, G. & Routh, D. (2005). A qualitative study of adaptation to the Euro in the Republic of Ireland: I. Attitudes, the 'Euro Illusion' and the perception of prices. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 15, 95-107.

Lau, L. & Ranyard, R. (2005) Chinese and English probabilistic thinking and risk taking in gambling. Journal of Cross Cultural Psychology, 36, 621-627.  

Ranyard, R. (2005). Decision making strategies. In B. Everitt and D. C. Howell (Eds), Encyclopaedia of statistics in behavioral science: Volume 1 (pp. 466-471). Chichester: Wiley.

Ranyard, R. & Williamson, J. (2005). Conversation-based process tracing methods for the study of naturalistic decision making: Analysing information search and verbal protocols. In: H. Montgomery, R. Lipshitz and B. Brehmer (eds). How professionals make decisions. Mahwah, NJ: LEA Associates.

Gamble, E., Gärling, T., Charlton, J. & Ranyard, R. (2002). Euro illusion: Psychological insights into price evaluations with a unitary currency. European Psychologist 7, 302-311.

Ranyard, R. Hinkley, L. & Williamson, J. (2001). Risk management in consumers' credit decision making: A process tracing study of repayment insurance choices. Zeitschrift Für Sozialpsychologie 32, 152-161.

Ranyard, R., Charlton, J. & Williamson, J. (2001). The role of reference prices in consumers' willingness to pay judgments: Thaler's beer pricing task revisited. Acta Psychologica, 106, 265-283.