Jan 26, 2002 | Research library
Researchers find people’s desire for risk is not consistent in all areas, and varies between things like financial, health and social realms. Regression analysis suggests the changes are due to changes in percieved benefits and risk, as opposed to changes in...
Aug 26, 2001 | Research library
Researchers developed and tested a new measure of ‘the need for affect’ (ie, the probability of someone approaching or avoiding emotion-inducing situations). They concluded the need for affect is important in understanding emotion-related processes....
Jul 10, 2001 | Research library
This paper discusses how fear can trigger elicitation and learning. It proposes fear is evolutionary, automatic and largely immune to conscious control and cites studies that support its propositions.
Mar 1, 2001 | Research library
Psychology is a huge subject, ranging from neuroscience through to clinical topics, and spilling over into cognate disciplines from philosophy through artificial intelligence to sociology. Although it has been studied for much longer than computer science, our...
Jan 26, 2001 | Research library
Rsearchers find that fraud attempts are less likely to succeed if: the offender is a stranger; the initial contact is by telephone or mail; the potential victim has heard of the intended type of fraud beforehand, or; the potential victim attempts to investigate the...
Jan 26, 2001 | Research library
This paper investigated why our ability to control impulses wains during emotional distress. It found when people believed emotional distress to be long-term, they were better able to control impulses – suggesting indulging our impulses during times of distress is an...
