People take risks at all ages to achieve certain goals. Although these goals may be
achieved through negative risks (eg, adolescent drinking to impress their friends), people
also take positive risks. Positive risks are theorized to help individuals achieve goals in
developmentally appropriate and socially acceptable ways, such as initiating a new
friendship as an adolescent, applying for a promotion as a young adult, or exploring a new
hobby as a retiree. To test the hypothesis that people endorse different patterns of risk-taking …