Theory 55: Risk as Feelings Theory

Number of Constructs: 10
Number of Triples: 16

Theory triples

• Behaviour influences Outcomes
• Feelings influences Behaviour
• Cognitive evaluation influences Behaviour
• Subjective probablities influences Feelings
• Subjective probablities influences Cognitive evaluation
• Anticipated outcomes influences Cognitive evaluation
• Anticipated outcomes influences Feelings
• Other factors influences Feelings
• Cognitive evaluation influences Feelings
• Feelings influences Cognitive evaluation
• Vividness type of Other factors
• Background mood type of Other factors
• Immediacy type of Other factors
• Vividness type of Other factors
• Background mood type of Other factors
• Immediacy type of Other factors

Theory constructs and annotations

• Behaviour [ BCIO:036000 (Individual human behaviour) 55 70 8 5 14 62 63 64 78 81 65 77 13 74 79 24 18 53 54 57 69 71 ]
• Outcomes [ BCIO:050806 (Behavioural consequence) 55 31 41 13 51 4 43 ]
• Feelings [ MFOEM:000195 (Affective process) 55 60 54 ]
• Cognitive evaluation [ BCIO:006038 (Evaluative belief) 55 53 64 1 12 14 ]
• Subjective probablities [ BCIO:006024 (Belief about likelihood of consequences of behaviour) 55 74 48 77 ]
• Anticipated outcomes [ BCIO:006019 (Belief about the consequences of behaviour) 55 74 79 32 1 80 ]
• Other factors
• Vividness
• Background mood [ MFOEM:000195 (Affective process) 55 60 54 ]
• Immediacy

Theory illustration

Theory Reference

• Lowenstein, G.F., Weber, E.U., Hsee, C.K. & Welch, N. (2001). Risk as Feelings. Psychological Bulletin, 127(2), 267-286.