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A Normative Lay Theory of Risk-taking

Description:

How do people make meaning of risk-taking? The present dissertation proposes a normative lay theory of risk-taking. The proposed model promotes the following core ideas: (a) Risk-taking is generally an ambiguous construct and requires the illumination of at least some dimensional parameters to disambiguate the risk behavior and risk-taker; (b)...

Keyword:

reckless, attitudes, responsible, perceptions, risk-taking, and lay theory

Subject:

Cognitive psychology, Social psychology, and Psychology

Creator:

Wages, James Ellis

Owner:

Scholarly Digital Publishing

Language:

en

Date Uploaded:

10/07/2021

Date Created:

2021-01-01

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Alternate Identifier:

etdadmin_upload_845373 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15769