The effect of sexual arousal on risky decision-making / Gillian Kennedy

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dc.contributor.authorKennedy, Gillian
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorLalumière, Martin L.
dc.date.accessioned2012-05-10T21:13:10Z
dc.date.available2012-05-10T21:13:10Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.degree.grantorMasters
dc.descriptionix, 156 leaves; 29 cmen_US
dc.description.abstractSexual arousal is likely an important situational factor in date rape. Research shows that sexual arousal increases self-reported willingness to engage in sexually aggressive behaviour. Chapter One reviews the situational, perpetrator, and victim characteristics of date rape. Chapter Two describes an experiment that examined the effect of sexual arousal on measures of decision-making, including Risky Choice Task, Balloon Analogue Risk Task, Future Discounting, and on a measure of Viewing Time. Participants were 20 heterosexual men and 22 heterosexual women 18 to 25 years old. Results revealed that sexually aroused women preferred higher variance options compared to women who were not, and the opposite was observed for men. No other significant effects were observed. Chapter Three describes Experiment 2 which included another neutral condition and a measure of sexual decision-making. Results revealed no effect of condition on behavioural or sexual decision-making, nor on viewing times. Chapter Four provides a general discussion and directions for future research.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/3056
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Psychology, c2011en_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectDecision making -- Psychological aspectsen_US
dc.subjectRisk-taking (Psychology)en_US
dc.subjectMotivation (Psychology)en_US
dc.subjectDate rapeen_US
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen_US
dc.titleThe effect of sexual arousal on risky decision-making / Gillian Kennedyen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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