Living on the Edge: A Guide to Risky Behavior
Determinants of Risk Taking: Who Takes Risk When and Why
Friday, May 28, 2010,
9:00 AM - 9:25 AM
Back Bay Ballroom C
Elke U. Weber
Columbia University
Risk taking is determined by multiple processes, both cognitive and motivational, and “hot” as well as “cold.” A better decomposition of observed apparent risk taking into multiple determinants helps explain situational, domain, gender, and life-span differences.
Subject Area: Living on the Edge: A Guide to Risky Behavior
