The Relationship of a Risk-Taking Personality to Dangerous Driving
The Relationship of a Risk-Taking Personality to Dangerous Driving
In contemplating the term project's objective, I hoped to determine the relationship between to variables that were unique, yet not so out of the norm that it would be difficult to collect and present the data. While pondering different scenarios, I thought about my two daughters. While a passenger in the car with both daughters, my younger daughter was being teased by her older sister about how slow and obedient she was when driving. My younger daughter, the one who was driving, is normally a risk taker; willing to take chances on new things, willing to jump on a stage and sing infront of hundreds of people, willing to take a dare at random. My older daughter, the one who expressed her disapproval at her sister's law abiding ways, is adverse to risk; unwilling to take chances on new things, prefers to be away from the spot light, avoids spontaneous decisions. I realized that their attitudes about driving were in direct contrast to their risk behaviors. My younger daughter (the risk taker) is very compliant when driving; stops at all stops signs, stays at or below the speed limit, stops when a light is yellow. My older daughter, who is normally adverse to risk taking, is just the opposite in her driving habits to her younger sister. This led me to some research and what seems to be a belief from the study's I read, that risk taking behavior is correlated to risky driving (and other behaviors). The following is a simple excerpt from Wikipedia:
“Risk-taking behaviour can be defined as a volitional behaviour where the outcome if not known or uncertain and will more than likely result in a negative consequence (Pat-Horenczyk et al., 2007). Dangerous driving, drug and alcohol use, unprotected sex, delinquency, eating disorders and self-harm are just some of the many behaviours and consequences that fall under the banner of risky behaviours. While these behaviours can be applied to any
In contemplating the term project's objective, I hoped to determine the relationship between to variables that were unique, yet not so out of the norm that it would be difficult to collect and present the data. While pondering different scenarios, I thought about my two daughters. While a passenger in the car with both daughters, my younger daughter was being teased by her older sister about how slow and obedient she was when driving. My younger daughter, the one who was driving, is normally a risk taker; willing to take chances on new things, willing to jump on a stage and sing infront of hundreds of people, willing to take a dare at random. My older daughter, the one who expressed her disapproval at her sister's law abiding ways, is adverse to risk; unwilling to take chances on new things, prefers to be away from the spot light, avoids spontaneous decisions. I realized that their attitudes about driving were in direct contrast to their risk behaviors. My younger daughter (the risk taker) is very compliant when driving; stops at all stops signs, stays at or below the speed limit, stops when a light is yellow. My older daughter, who is normally adverse to risk taking, is just the opposite in her driving habits to her younger sister. This led me to some research and what seems to be a belief from the study's I read, that risk taking behavior is correlated to risky driving (and other behaviors). The following is a simple excerpt from Wikipedia:
“Risk-taking behaviour can be defined as a volitional behaviour where the outcome if not known or uncertain and will more than likely result in a negative consequence (Pat-Horenczyk et al., 2007). Dangerous driving, drug and alcohol use, unprotected sex, delinquency, eating disorders and self-harm are just some of the many behaviours and consequences that fall under the banner of risky behaviours. While these behaviours can be applied to any