Parental bonding, risk-taking behavior and life history theory

2006 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zsuzsanna Ivan ◽  
Tamas Bereczkei
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Life History Theory ◽  
Parental Bonding ◽  
Risk Taking Behavior

Worth the reward? An experimental assessment of risk‐taking behavior along a life history gradient

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam C. Behney ◽  
Ryan O'Shaughnessy ◽  
Michael W. Eichholz ◽  
Joshua D. Stafford
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Experimental Assessment ◽  
Risk Taking Behavior

DOES LIFE HISTORY PREDICT RISK-TAKING BEHAVIOR OF WINTERING DABBLING DUCKS?

The Condor ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 108 (3) ◽  
pp. 530 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua T. Ackerman ◽  
John M. Eadie ◽  
Thomas G. Moore
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Dabbling Ducks ◽  
Risk Taking Behavior

scholarly journals Life History Theory: Evolutionary mechanisms and gender role on risk-taking behaviors in young adults

2021 ◽  
Vol 175 ◽  
pp. 110752
Author(s):  
Javier Salas-Rodríguez ◽  
Luis Gómez-Jacinto ◽  
María Isabel Hombrados-Mendieta
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Life History ◽  
Gender Role ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Life History Theory ◽  
Evolutionary Mechanisms ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Risk Taking Behaviors

scholarly journals Does Life History Predict Risk-Taking Behavior of Wintering Dabbling Ducks?

The Condor ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 108 (3) ◽  
pp. 530-546 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua T. Ackerman ◽  
John M. Eadie ◽  
Thomas G. Moore
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Adult Female ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Reproductive Output ◽  
Life History Strategy ◽  
Dabbling Ducks ◽  
Approach Behavior ◽  
Life History Parameters ◽  
Landing Sites ◽  
Risk Taking Behavior

AbstractLife-history theory predicts that longer-lived, less fecund species should take fewer risks when exposed to predation than shorter-lived, more fecund species. We tested this prediction for seven species of dabbling ducks (Anas) by measuring the approach behavior (behavior of ducks when approaching potential landing sites) of 1099 duck flocks during 37 hunting trials and 491 flocks during 13 trials conducted immediately after the 1999–2000 waterfowl hunting season in California, USA. We also experimentally manipulated the attractiveness of the study site by using two decoy treatments: (1) traditional, stationary decoys only, and (2) traditional decoys in conjunction with a mechanical spinning-wing decoy. Approach behavior of ducks was strongly correlated with their life history. Minimum approach distance was negatively correlated with reproductive output during each decoy treatment and trial type. Similarly, the proportion of flocks taking risk (approaching landing sites to within 45 m) was positively correlated with reproductive output. We found similar patterns of approach behavior in relation to other life-history parameters (i.e., adult female body mass and annual adult female survival rate). Thus, species characterized by a slower life-history strategy (e.g., Northern Pintail [A. acuta]) were more risk-averse than species with a faster life-history strategy (e.g., Cinnamon Teal [A. cyanoptera]). Furthermore, although we were able to reduce risk-averseness using the spinning-wing decoy, we were unable to override the influence of life history on risk-taking behavior. Alternative explanations did not account for the observed correlation between approach behavior and life-history parameters. These results suggest that life history influences the risk-taking behavior of dabbling ducks and provide an explanation for the differential vulnerability of waterfowl to harvest.

Discriminating Ecologies: A Life History Approach to Stigma and Health

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven L. Neuberg ◽  
Andreana C. Kenrick
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Life History Theory ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Physiological Responses ◽  
Causal Pathways ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Causes Of Mortality ◽  
History Approach ◽  
Complementary Set

How does being discriminated against affect one’s health, and through what mechanisms? Most research has focused on two causal pathways, highlighting how discrimination increases psychological stress and exposure to neighborhood hazards. This chapter advances an alternative, complementary set of mechanisms through which stigma and discrimination may shape health. Grounded in evolutionary biology’s life history theory, the framework holds that discrimination alters aspects of the physical and social ecologies in which people live (e.g., sex ratio, unpredictable extrinsic causes of mortality). These discriminating ecologies pull for specific behaviors and physiological responses (e.g., risk-taking, sexual activity, offspring care, fat storage) that are active, strategic, and rational given the threats and opportunities afforded by these ecologies but that also have downstream implications for health. This framework generates a wide range of nuanced insights and unique hypotheses about the discrimination-health relationship, and suggests specific approaches to intervention while pointing to complex ethical issues.

scholarly journals Between individual variation in risk-taking behavior and its life history consequences

2012 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 843-853 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anders Pape Møller ◽  
László Zsolt Garamszegi
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Individual Variation ◽  
Risk Taking Behavior

Interrelationships of factors of social development are more complex than Life History Theory predicts

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boris Kotchoubey
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Social Development ◽  
Life History Theory ◽  
Strong Correlations ◽  
Behavioral Features

Abstract Life History Theory (LHT) predicts a monotonous relationship between affluence and the rate of innovations and strong correlations within a cluster of behavioral features. Although both predictions can be true in specific cases, they are incorrect in general. Therefore, the author's explanations may be right, but they do not prove LHT and cannot be generalized to other apparently similar processes.

Predicting Stock Market Performance

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Thomas Plieger ◽  
Thomas Grünhage ◽  
Éilish Duke ◽  
Martin Reuter
Keyword(s):  
Stock Market ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Life Stress ◽  
Price Volatility ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Financial Behavior ◽  
Market Simulation ◽  
Stock Market Performance ◽  
Risk Taking Behavior

Abstract. Gender and personality traits influence risk proneness in the context of financial decisions. However, most studies on this topic have relied on either self-report data or on artificial measures of financial risk-taking behavior. Our study aimed to identify relevant trading behaviors and personal characteristics related to trading success. N = 108 Caucasians took part in a three-week stock market simulation paradigm, in which they traded shares of eight fictional companies that differed in issue price, volatility, and outcome. Participants also completed questionnaires measuring personality, risk-taking behavior, and life stress. Our model showed that being male and scoring high on self-directedness led to more risky financial behavior, which in turn positively predicted success in the stock market simulation. The total model explained 39% of the variance in trading success, indicating a role for other factors in influencing trading behavior. Future studies should try to enrich our model to get a more accurate impression of the associations between individual characteristics and financially successful behavior in context of stock trading.

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