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Psychology of risk taking : new research

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.

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ISBN: 9781634639460
ISBN: 1634639464
ISBN: 1634639197
ISBN: 9781634639194
Physical Description: 1 online resource.
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Publisher: New York : Nova Publishers, [2015]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Relationships between neuroanatomical structures and decision-making/risk-taking: risks, impulsitivity, emotion and control habitsneurobiology of decision-making in adolescence; conclusion; references; index.
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.