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Psychology of risk taking : new research /
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-direc...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Publishers,
[2015]
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| Colección: | Psychology of emotions, motivations, and actions series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.