24.3.17

What makes somebody a risk-taker?

Watch the video and answer the questions. Check your answers in "comments".




  1. What is pretty amazing?
  1. What aspects do we usually take into account when evaluating somebody’s personality?
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- compassion
- outgoingness
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  1. What does she say about why people choose to take risks?
  1. According to psychologist and business professor Elke Weber, what can vary widely from one risk category to another?
  1. Who tends to take more risks, generally speaking?
  1. What kind of risks do they take?
  1. What happens when a male adolescent is being watched by women?
  1. When do people (especially men) tend to become less risk seeking?
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  1. What examples of social risks that women take does she mention? 
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- wearing unconventional clothes

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- expressing unpopular opinions during a business meeting

  1. According to another study, what does experiencing discrimination or rejection lead people to?


1 comment:

  1. 1.How different and complex people can be.
    2.– humour
    - adventureness
    3. Everyone has different reasons.
    4. Your willingness to take risks.
    5. Men do.
    6. Financial and recreational ones.
    7. Risk increases.
    8.– when they get older
    - when they enter into stable relationships
    9. – moving to a new city / changing careers later in life
    10. It leads people to take more chances.

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