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Risk Attitude in Small Timesaving Decisions
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Munichor, Nira; Erev, Ido; Lotem, Arnon – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 2006
Four experiments are presented that explore situations in which a decision maker has to rely on personal experience in an attempt to minimize delays. Experiment 1 shows that risk-attitude in these timesaving decisions is similar to risk-attitude in money-related decisions from experience: A risky prospect is more attractive than a safer prospect…
Descriptors: Risk, Attitudes, Decision Making, Experience
Lay Persons' Versus Psychologists' Judgments of Psychologically Aggressive Actions by a Husband and Wife
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Follingstad, Diane R.; Helff, Cynthia M.; Binford, Robin V.; Runge, Margaret M.; White, Jeffrey D. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2004
Literature assessing knowledge of and attitudes toward social issues has demonstrated that mental health professionals and lay persons often differ greatly. To add to the normative information in the field of psychological abuse and to determine whether the differences previously found between mental health professionals and lay persons extend to…
Descriptors: Psychologists, Mental Health Workers, Family Violence, Aggression
Child Care Improvement on a Shoestring: Evaluating a Low-Cost Approach To Improving the Availability of Quality Child Care.
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Jaeger, Elizabeth A.; Shlay, Anne B.; Weinraub, Marsha – Evaluation Review, 2000
Evaluated the Philadelphia Early Childhood Collaborative, a program designed to improve child care by increasing cooperation among organizations that deliver professional resources to child care providers. Found no long-term effects on provider behavior, attitudes, or knowledge, although child care providers rated services highly. (SLD)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavior Patterns, Child Care Occupations, Child Caregivers
Beyond Pregnancy Gingivitis: Bringing a New Focus to Women's Oral Health.
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Redford, Maryann – Journal of Dental Education, 1993
Research on women's dental health and on differences between men's and women's dental health issues is reviewed. Factors specifically influencing women's health, including medical, economic, social, psychological, and behavioral factors, are also examined. It is argued that the clustering of risk factors for women indicates a need for more…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Attitudes, Behavior Patterns, Dental Health
Adolescent Syndromes of Risk for HIV Infection.
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Hennessy, Michael – Evaluation Review, 1994
Using data from the Youth Risk Behavioral Survey of more than 11,600 adolescents, risks for a general-risk group, reporting behavior indirectly linked to the disease, and a high-risk group reporting more risky behaviors, are estimated. Results highlight the weaknesses of behavioral-risk studies and the questionable nature of risk groups. (SLD)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Attitudes
Women's Experiences and Ways of Knowing: Implications for Teaching and Learning in the Organizational Behavior Classroom.
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Gallos, Joan V. – Journal of Management Education, 1993
Drawing on personal experience and research on gender, a college teacher explores how women's ways of knowing and experiencing have implications for instruction, specifically in an organizational behavior course. Feelings of self-doubt, novelty, terror, and alienation that accompany women into the management classroom are examined. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavior Patterns, Business Administration Education, Classroom Techniques