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Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms > Behavior > Risk-Taking

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Risk-Taking  

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  • Behavior, Risk
  • Behaviors, Risk
  • Risk Behavior
  • Risk Behaviors

Scope note

  • Undertaking a task involving a challenge for achievement or a desirable goal in which there is a lack of certainty or a fear of failure. It may also include the exhibiting of certain behaviors whose outcomes may present a risk to the individual or to those associated with him or her.

History note

  • 79(75); was see under GAMBLING 1969-78

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012309

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