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Risk-taking Behaviour

Risk-taking Behaviour. Chapter 9- Social influences on the individual. Pg 409-411. Risk-taking Behaviour. Behavior that has a potential negative consequence. Potential risk to the individual’s psychological or physical health and wellbeing. Is this risky behaviour?.

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Risk-taking Behaviour

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  1. Risk-taking Behaviour Chapter 9- Social influences on the individual. Pg 409-411

  2. Risk-taking Behaviour • Behavior that has a potential negative consequence. • Potential risk to the individual’s psychological or physical health and wellbeing.

  3. Is this risky behaviour?

  4. Is this risky behaviour?

  5. Is this risky behaviour?

  6. Is this risky behaviour?

  7. Is this risky behaviour?

  8. ACTIVITY 1. • Rick-taking game. • Create groups of 4 • Take turns in placing negative risk-taking behaviours in order between most risky to least risky • Discuss findings as a class

  9. Doesn’t have to Negative! • Sometime we engage in risky behaviour which can have positive effects on health. • Taking a risk to start something new can give us more confidence and self esteem.

  10. Starting apprenticeship

  11. Wearing ‘daring’ new fashion

  12. Positive Risk-taking behaviour • Still risky because there is still the potential for negative health consequences. • Question: What are the possible negative health consequences from starting a new apprenticeship or wearing daring new fashion?

  13. Costs of risky behaviours • Social cost- embarrassment or failure • Physical cost- accident or injury • Emotional cost- fear or sadness

  14. Gullone & Moore (2000) • Four types of risk-taking behaviour: • Thrill-seeking • Reckless • Rebellious • Anti-social

  15. Thrill-seeking • Socially acceptable • Challenging • Experimental • Eg. Bungee Jumping

  16. Reckless • Higher chance of not being socially acceptable • Dangerous • Negative social and health outcomes • Eg. Unprotected sex

  17. Rebellious • Acceptable for adults but not for youths. • Acting out • Attention seeking • Eg. Underage drinking

  18. Anti-social • Unacceptable for adults and youths • Deviant behaviours • Eg. Bullying

  19. Activity 2. • In your workbooks, analyse your four highest ranking risk factors. • You need to explain what kind of risk factor they are • You need to explain what the social cost of each of the behaviours are

  20. Trends in adolescent risk-taking behaviours • Gullone and Moore found that adolescents are more likely to engage in thrill-seeking risks. • Male youths tend to engage in more risk-taking behaviours. • Female youths tend to judge behaviours as more risky than males youths.

  21. Factors in risk-taking behaviour • Peer pressure • Age, • Sex, • Personality type • Mental health • Family background • Culture • Percieved risk

  22. However….. • Psychologists have no complete explanation as to why youths engage in risk taking. • Psychologists have no exact solution for youth risk-taking behaviour.

  23. Activity 3. • Write about a time when you have engaged in a risk-taking activity. • What kind of risk taking activity was it? • What was the cost of the behaviour? • What influenced you to do this activity?

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