The dark side of rituals: lower risk estimation and riskier behavior (Symposium: Psychological aspects of risk perception and behavior)

Abstract

People use rituals - a meaningful sequence of actions - both in every day routine (e.g., handshake) and in specific events (e.g., wedding). Among others, rituals seem to decrease perceptions of stress and threat, and to... [ view full abstract ]

Authors

  1. Bernhard Streicher (UMIT Hall)
  2. Ines Zorn (University of Health Sciences (UMIT))
  3. Eva Lermer (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)

Topic Areas

Decision-making and uncertainty , The relevance of risk perceptionTopic #7

Session

T5_D » Psychological aspects of risk perception and behaviour (11:00 - Tuesday, 21st June, CB3.15)

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