This Handbook, with 45 chapters written by the world's leading scholars in second language
acquisition (SLA) and language testing, dives into the important interface between SLA and …

Abstract The Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART) is a popular task used to measure risk-
taking behavior. To identify cognitive processes associated with choice behavior on the …

Does birth order shape people's propensity to take risks? Evidence is mixed. We used a
three-pronged approach to investigate birth-order effects on risk taking. First, we examined …

Risk preference impacts how people make key life decisions related to health, wealth, and
well-being. Systematic variations in risk-taking behavior can be the result of differences in …

Risk tolerance decreases from Monday to Thursday and increases on Friday. Antecedents of
this weekly risk cycle are difficult to investigate experimentally as manipulating the seven …

Globalizing economies and long-distance trade rely on individuals from different cultural
groups to negotiate agreement on what to give and take. In such settings, individuals often …

Background Individuals with major depressive disorder (MDD) are usually observed making
inappropriate risky decisions. However, whether and to what extent MDD is associated with …

Social norms govern human behavior and usually change slowly over time. While
individuals' willingness to sanction others is decisive for the enforcement of social norms …

Digital contact-tracing applications (DCTAs) can help control the spread of epidemics, such
as the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. But people in Western societies fail to install …

Representative design refers to the idea that experimental stimuli should be sampled or
designed such that they represent the environments to which measured constructs are …