Psychology of risk taking : new research / Caitlin E. Nathanson, editor.

Contributor(s):

Nathanson, Caitlin E

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781634639460

Subject(s):

Risk-taking (Psychology)

Genre/Form:

Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

BF637 .P793 2015

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Subject: Risk-taking is viewed as an aspect of proneness to problem behavior and a maladaptive trait and the tendency to engage in behaviors whose outcome is uncertain and entails negative consequences. Though risk-taking behavior is likely to be harmful or dangerous, it can also be functional and goal-directed and play an important part in developmental tasks. According to cognitive psychologists, many factors such as decision-making, perceptions' gains and losses, expectations about the future and biases in risk perception affect a persons' risk-taking behavior in developmental tasks. This book provi.

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Includes bibliographies and index.

PSYCHOLOGY OF RISK TAKING: NEW RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGY OF RISK TAKING: NEW RESEARCH; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: AM I HURT OR INJURED? ASSESSING ADULT ATTITUDES TOWARD PAIN AND INJURY; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; METHODS; RESULTS: STUDY 1; RESULTS: STUDY 2; DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 2: STATEWIDE VARIATION IN PERSONALITY PREDICTS GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION IN UNINTENTIONAL INJURY RATES; ABSTRACT; AGGREGATE PERSONALITIES PREDICT UNINTENTIONAL INJURY RATES AT THE STATE LEVEL; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES.

Chapter 3: EMOTIONAL RISK-TAKING IN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPSABSTRACT; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: AN EXPLORATION OF CHINESE UNDERGRADUATE EFL LEARNERS' LANGUAGE CLASS RISK-TAKING, FOREIGN LANGUAGE ANXIETY, SPEAKING STRATEGY USE AND UNWILLINGNESS TO-COMMUNICATE; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; LITERATURE REVIEW; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; APPENDIX: SURVEY ON LANGUAGE LEARNING; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; REFERENCES; Chapter 5: NEUROANATOMY OF RISK-TAKING; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; NEUROBIOLOGY OF DECISION-MAKING AND RISK-TAKING BEHAVIOURS.

Relationships between neuroanatomical structures and decision-making/risk-taking: risks, impulsitivity, emotion and control habitsneurobiology of decision-making in adolescence; conclusion; references; index.

Risk-taking is viewed as an aspect of proneness to problem behavior and a maladaptive trait and the tendency to engage in behaviors whose outcome is uncertain and entails negative consequences. Though risk-taking behavior is likely to be harmful or dangerous, it can also be functional and goal-directed and play an important part in developmental tasks. According to cognitive psychologists, many factors such as decision-making, perceptions' gains and losses, expectations about the future and biases in risk perception affect a persons' risk-taking behavior in developmental tasks. This book provi.

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