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  Abstract: 'Virtually all current theories of choice under risk or uncertainty are cognitive and consequentialist. They assume that people assess the desirability and likelihood of possible outcomes of choice alternatives and integrate this information through some type of expectation-based calculus to arrive at a decision. The authors propose an alternative theoretical perspective, the risk-as-feelings hypothesis, that highlights the role of affect experienced at the moment of decision making. Drawing on research from clinical, physiological, and other subfields of psychology, they show that emotional reactions to risky situations often diverge from cognitive assessments of those risks. When such divergence occurs, emotional reactions often drive behavior. The risk-as-feelings hypothesis is shown to explain a wide range of phenomena that have resisted interpretation in cognitive–consequentialist terms. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)'
  Author: "Loewenstein, George F.\rWeber, Elke U.\rHsee, Christopher K.\rWelch, Ned"
  DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.127.2.267
  ISSN: 1939-1455
  Issue: 2
  Journal: Psychological Bulletin
  Keywords: "*Choice Behavior\r*Decision Making\r*Emotional Responses\r*Risk Assessment\rUncertainty"
  Pages: 267-286
  Place Published: US
  Title: Risk as feelings
  Volume: 127
  Year: 2001
  _chapter: '["Ch. 26: Decision Support FINAL"]'
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