RISK TAKING BEHAVIOUR

BEFORE ENTERING INTO DISCUSSION OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RISK TAKING BEHAVIOUR AND DRUG EFFECTS IT WAS ATTEMPTED TO CLARIFY THE BASIC CONCEPT. RISK TAKING BEHAVIOR IN THE SENSE OF DANGER RISKS IS ONLY ONE KIND OF SOME DIFFERENT KINDS OF RISK TAKING BEHAVIOR. EXPERIMENTS ON RISK TAKING BEHAVIOR CAN BE CARRIED OUT BY THE METHOD OF THE "MINIATURE SITUATION EXPERIMENT". RISK TAKING BEHAVIOR CAN BE UNDERSTOOD AS THE INDIVIDUAL PATTERN OF ACHIEVEMENT AND SAFETY TENDENCIES AND DEPENDS ON SUPERIMPOSED COGNITIVE RESTRUCTURING PROCESSES. SEVERAL STUDIES DEMONSTRATE SIMILAR EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL ON RISK TAKING BEHAVIOR IN THE FIELD OF DRIVING: LOWER CAPACITY FOR COGNITIVE RESTRUCTURING, CHANGES IN PERSONALITY MEASURES (HIGHER SENSITIVITY AND INDIVIDUALISM, LOWER CONSCIENTIOUSNESS) WITH THE CONSEQUENCE OF A SITUATION-INDEPENDENT PREPONDERANCE OF ACHIEVEMENT TENDENCY AT THE COST OF SAFETY TENDENCY. EFFECTS OF DRUGS OTHER THAN ALCOHOL COULD BE DEMONSTRATED ONLY ON RISK-ATTITUDE NOT ON RISK TAKING BEHAVIOR.

• Corporate Authors:

  Pharmakopsych./Neuro-psych. /Finland

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• Authors:
  • KLEBELSBERG, D
• Publication Date: 1973-3

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 83-90
• Serial:
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue Number: 2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Drivers; Drugs; Drunk driving; Hazards; Risk assessment
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver psychology
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224560
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 23 1974 12:00AM