Towards the Development of an Evolutionarily Valid Domain-Specific Risk-Taking Scale
From an evolutionary perspective, human risk-taking behaviors should be viewed in relation to evolutionarily recurrent survival and reproductive problems. In response to recent calls for domain-specific measures of risk-taking, we emphasize the need of evolutionarily valid domains. We report on two...
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| author | Daniel J. Kruger X.T. Wang Andreas Wilke |
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| description | From an evolutionary perspective, human risk-taking behaviors should be viewed in relation to evolutionarily recurrent survival and reproductive problems. In response to recent calls for domain-specific measures of risk-taking, we emphasize the need of evolutionarily valid domains. We report on two studies designed to validate a scale of risky behaviors in domains selected from research and theory in evolutionary psychology and biology, corresponding to reoccurring challenges in the ancestral environment. Behaviors were framed in situations which people would have some chance of encountering in modern times. We identify five domains of risk-taking: between-group competition, within-group competition, mating and resource allocation for mate attraction, environmental risks, and fertility risks. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d60a6b29bed84f4c93d96f342934391d2022-12-22T02:21:48ZengSAGE PublishingEvolutionary Psychology1474-70492007-07-01510.1177/14747049070050030610.1177_147470490700500306Towards the Development of an Evolutionarily Valid Domain-Specific Risk-Taking ScaleDaniel J. KrugerX.T. WangAndreas WilkeFrom an evolutionary perspective, human risk-taking behaviors should be viewed in relation to evolutionarily recurrent survival and reproductive problems. In response to recent calls for domain-specific measures of risk-taking, we emphasize the need of evolutionarily valid domains. We report on two studies designed to validate a scale of risky behaviors in domains selected from research and theory in evolutionary psychology and biology, corresponding to reoccurring challenges in the ancestral environment. Behaviors were framed in situations which people would have some chance of encountering in modern times. We identify five domains of risk-taking: between-group competition, within-group competition, mating and resource allocation for mate attraction, environmental risks, and fertility risks.https://doi.org/10.1177/147470490700500306 |
| spellingShingle | Daniel J. Kruger X.T. Wang Andreas Wilke Towards the Development of an Evolutionarily Valid Domain-Specific Risk-Taking Scale Evolutionary Psychology |
| title | Towards the Development of an Evolutionarily Valid Domain-Specific Risk-Taking Scale |
| title_full | Towards the Development of an Evolutionarily Valid Domain-Specific Risk-Taking Scale |
| title_fullStr | Towards the Development of an Evolutionarily Valid Domain-Specific Risk-Taking Scale |
| title_full_unstemmed | Towards the Development of an Evolutionarily Valid Domain-Specific Risk-Taking Scale |
| title_short | Towards the Development of an Evolutionarily Valid Domain-Specific Risk-Taking Scale |
| title_sort | towards the development of an evolutionarily valid domain specific risk taking scale |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/147470490700500306 |
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