MOTIVATIONAL DETERMINANTS OF EXPERIMENTAL RISK--TAKING BEHAVIOUR

THE FIRST PART OF A TWO-PART PROJECT ON INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS OF RISK-TAKING BEHAVIOR IS REPORTED. THIS PART CONSISTS OF LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS. A THEORETICAL DECISION MOTIVATION MODEL WAS USED TO ANALYSE THE INTERACTION OF VARIABLES SUCH AS ABILITY, RISK-PERCEPTION, EXPERIENCE AND PERSONALITY AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON RISKY OR SAFE BEHAVIOR. THE MOST IMPORTANT DEPENDENT VARIABLE WAS THE CHOICE BETWEEN TASKS. RESULTS INDICATE THAT IN A NOVEL SITUATION, WHEN THERE IS ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT OF INFORMATION ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS, VARIANCE RISK-TAKING IS EXPLAINED BY INDIVIDUAL ABILITY, ACCURACY OF RISK PERCEPTION AND INTERACTION OF PERSONALITY-VARIABLES. AFTER SOME EXPERIENCE WITH THE TASK THE INFLUENCE OF PERSONALITY-VARIABLES DISAPPEARS. /TRRL/

  • Corporate Authors:

    Psych Aspects of Driver Behavior /Neth

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  • Authors:
    • Andriessen, J H
  • Publication Date: 1972

Language

  • English

Media Info

  • Features: Figures; References;
  • Pagination: 15 p.

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00224713
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
  • Report/Paper Numbers: Conf Paper
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: Jun 5 1974 12:00AM