Risk-Taking BehaviorFrank Yates Provides a single source of current information which critically reviews and synthesizes scholarship on risk-taking behavior by cutting across multiple contexts and points of view. Offers detailed insights into concepts of risk, changes in risk-taking over the life cycle, research on the issue of risk-taking in group settings, models and evidence concerning people's behavior as well as recommendations on adapting design considerations and personnel training to encourage more appropriate risk-taking behavior and future research on this subject. |
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The Role of the Risk Construct 3455 | 3 |
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Significance | 10 |
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accidents action adolescents alternatives approach assessment Behavior and Human chance Chapter choice cognitive concept conflict consider decision analysis decision maker decision problems decision theory decision-making differences in risk discussion drivers effects emotional evaluation example expected utility theory expected value experimental factors Fischhoff gambles group decision groupthink hazards Health Belief Model imply individual differences influence instance interaction involved Isen Janis Journal of Personality judgments Kahneman Lichtenstein likelihood lottery managers measures mood motivation negative normative options Organizational Behavior outcomes overall risk appraisals people's perceived risk performance perspective Pitz Politser positive affect possible potential losses predict preferences probability problem procedures prospect theory responses result risk aversion risk behaviors risk homeostasis risk perception risk seeking risk taking risk-taking behavior risky decision risky situations safety sensation seeking significance skills Slovic Social Psychology specific stress studies subjects suggest taker task Tversky uncertainty users variables Wagenaar Yates York Zuckerman
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