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Category Archives: Risk Preference

Why are kids reporting that they prefer more dangerous and risky activities than they did 30 years ago?

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Andrew

Katherine Keyes weighs in on her latest paper describing 30 year trends in adolescent risk preference. The graph below shows the yearly trend in a trait termed ‘risk preference’, spanning the last 30 years among adolescents in the United States. … Continue reading →

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