creators_name: Wilke, Martina creators_name: Haug, Heike creators_name: Funke, Joachim creators_id: funke@uni-hd.de type: journalp datestamp: 2009-09-07 10:15:21 lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:57:25 metadata_visibility: show title: Risk-specific search for risk-defusing operators ispublished: pub subjects: cog-psy full_text_status: public abstract: According to the concept of “active risk-defusing behavior”, decision makers in risky situations look for additional actions that reduce risk and allow them to favor the more risky alternative. Our study demonstrates that risk-defusing behavior depends on the type of risk (normal, medium, catastrophic or global) as well as on the domain (health, economy or ecology). In total, 12 scenarios (four risk types from three risk domains each) were constructed. Using the interview techniques of active information search and thinking-aloud, 120 interviews about decision-making processes with these scenarios were conducted. They showed that the active search for different risk-defusing operators depends on the type of risk, but even more on the domain of the scenario. Results suggest a need for further research about a typology of risk situations in which, besides formal classification criteria, content issues are also explored. date: 2008 date_type: published publication: Swiss Journal of Psychology volume: 67 refereed: TRUE citation: Wilke, Martina and Haug, Heike and Funke, Joachim (2008) Risk-specific search for risk-defusing operators. [Journal (Paginated)] document_url: http://cogprints.org/6628/1/Wilke_Haug%26Funke_2008_SJP_Risk.pdf