The psychology of risk / Jean-Pascal Assailly, author.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Assailly, Jean-Pascal.

Series:

Psychology research progress series.

Psychology research progress

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Risk-taking (Psychology).

Risk-taking (Psychology)--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Why do we take risks? How does our environment influence us with regards to risks? How do biological and psychological mechanisms interact? How can theoretical works on risk-taking generate effective educational and prevention campaigns? A comprehensive synthesis of current knowledge of risk in the field of social and human sciences, 'the Psychology of Risk' answers all these questions and constitutes a true reference book. This book is organized from three perspectives: psychological, biological and contextual. It presents risk-taking and decision-making theories in the field of general and differential psychology, in order to show how they can explain our attitudes relative to risks. This book then studies the influence of biological, neurocognitive and neuroaffective mechanisms on risk-taking and sensation seeking.

Contents:

The psychological perspective

The biological perspective

The contextual perspective.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-278) and index.

ISBN:

1-61324-892-X

OCLC:

923660855