Risk-Taking Behavior and Cognitive Style

Risk-Taking Behavior and Cognitive Style

From a group of 60 fourth-grade children, 40 were classified as either reflective or impulsive based on Kagan's Matching Familiar Figures task. These children then participated in a risk-taking situation. It was predicted that impulsive children would take more risks than reflective ones. Only...

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Veröffentlicht in:Child development 1973-03, Vol.44 (1), p.190-192
1. Verfasser: Kopfstein, Donald
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Children
Cognitive style
Elementary school students
Research universities
Risk taking
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Zusammenfassung:From a group of 60 fourth-grade children, 40 were classified as either reflective or impulsive based on Kagan's Matching Familiar Figures task. These children then participated in a risk-taking situation. It was predicted that impulsive children would take more risks than reflective ones. Only a small, nonsignificant relationship was found between cognitive style and risk-taking behavior, with impulsives tending to take more risks on one measure and fewer on another. Implications for research on risk-taking behavior were discussed.
ISSN:0009-3920
1467-8624
DOI:10.2307/1127701