Risk: Health and Self Control
Abstract
Assessing the frequency with which college students undertake behaviors that have long - lasting health impacts could help us establish better preventative programs on campuses. This research will review risky decisions associated with nutrition, sleep habits, chemically-altering substances and their use, sexual safety, and general self-preservation. People are more prone to exhibiting impatience with shortterm decisions, while too much patience for long-term decisions (Mullainathan & Thaler, 2000), therefore students may undertake future risk due to present impatience and underestimation of the weight of the future risk. The purpose of this research is to specify where and what decisions are being made day-to-day that entail underestimated risk. Underreaction happens frequently with short-term horizons (Thaler & De Bondt, 1985). Therefore, it is important to analyze these risky short-term decisions made by college students in order to accurately provide the necessary aid and instruction to their very natural shortcomings; and thus avoiding the underreaction to the present problem.
Faculty Sponsors
Dr. Florence Neymotin
Project Type
Event
Location
Alvin Shermany Library
Start Date
4-5-2019 1:00 PM
End Date
4-5-2019 5:00 PM
Risk: Health and Self Control
Alvin Shermany Library
Assessing the frequency with which college students undertake behaviors that have long - lasting health impacts could help us establish better preventative programs on campuses. This research will review risky decisions associated with nutrition, sleep habits, chemically-altering substances and their use, sexual safety, and general self-preservation. People are more prone to exhibiting impatience with shortterm decisions, while too much patience for long-term decisions (Mullainathan & Thaler, 2000), therefore students may undertake future risk due to present impatience and underestimation of the weight of the future risk. The purpose of this research is to specify where and what decisions are being made day-to-day that entail underestimated risk. Underreaction happens frequently with short-term horizons (Thaler & De Bondt, 1985). Therefore, it is important to analyze these risky short-term decisions made by college students in order to accurately provide the necessary aid and instruction to their very natural shortcomings; and thus avoiding the underreaction to the present problem.
