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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nathanson, Caitlin E., editor.

Series:

Psychology of emotions, motivations, and actions series.

Psychology of Emotions, Motivations and Actions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Risk-taking (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (160 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63463-946-4