Deciding in the Dark: Age Differences in Intuitive Risk Judgment

Autor/inn/en	Shulman, Elizabeth P.; Cauffman, Elizabeth
Titel	Deciding in the Dark: Age Differences in Intuitive Risk Judgment
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 50 (2014) 1, S.167-177 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0032778
Schlagwörter	Age Differences; Risk; Intuition; Adolescents; Early Adolescents; Developmental Stages; Health Behavior; Alcohol Abuse; Pregnancy; Crime; Decision Making; Cognitive Development; Brain Hemisphere Functions; Intelligence Tests; Reaction Time; Socioeconomic Status; Conceptual Tempo; Measures (Individuals); Race; Ethnicity; Sensation Seeking Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Risiko; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Schwangerschaft; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Kognitive Entwicklung; Intelligence test; Intelligenztest; Reaktionsvermögen; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Messdaten; Rasse; Abstammung; Ethnizität
Abstract	Elevated levels of risky behavior in adolescence may signal developmental change in unconscious appraisal of risk. Yet, prior research examining adolescent risk judgment has used tasks that elicit conscious deliberation. The present study, in contrast, attempts to characterize age differences in (less conscious) intuitive impressions of risk. Participants (N = 282; ages 10-30) were presented with depictions of a range of risky and nonrisky activities. They were given 2.5 s to rate each activity on a continuous scale ranging from "bad idea" (low-risk favorability) to "good idea" (high-risk favorability). A curvilinear pattern was found, such that favorability ratings increased across adolescence and peaked around age 20. These results pose a challenge to developmental models that view early adolescence as the period of greatest predisposition toward risk taking; however, they are fairly consistent with age patterns for actual risk taking, at least with respect to crime, binge drinking, and unwanted pregnancy. (As Provided).
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