Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Graduate Theses and Dissertations Dissertations 2014 Exploring the origin of pain of payment in cash and its relevance to computer payment interface Kam Leung Yeung Iowa State University Follow this and additional works at: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd Part of the Other Psychology Commons Recommended Citation Yeung, Kam Leung, "Exploring the origin of pain of payment in cash and its relevance to computer payment interface" (2014). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 14018. https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd/14018 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Dissertations at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Exploring the origin of pain of payment in cash and its relevance to computer payment interface by Kam Leung Yeung A dissertation submitted to the graduate faculty in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Major: Psychology Program of Study Committee: Bethany J. Weber, Major Professor Shana Carpenter Zlatan Krizan Tanya Rosenblat Robert West Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 2014 ii DEDICATION I dedicate this dissertation to my parents, without them I would have never set my foot to study in the US from the beginning. Their lives exemplify what true strength is. I also dedicate this dissertation to my wife Dafang, whose smiles make every bit of effort worthy. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES .........................................................................................................................