Motivationally selective risk judgments: Do fear and curiosity boost the boons or the banes?

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 256-267

  Maner, Jon K ^a   Gerend, Mary A ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Curiosity; Fear; Likelihood; Motivation; Outcome judgment; Risk perception; Utility

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249054219     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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