Justification pressure in risky decision making: Search for risk defusing operators

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-24

  Huber, Oswald ^a   Bär, Arlette S ^a   Huber, Odilo W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Accounting; Information search; Justification; Quasi naturalistic scenario; Risk; Risk defusing; Risky decision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; PROBABILITY LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 57649173551     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2008.09.009     Document Type: Article

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