1. • Risky behaviour has rewards (it makes you “feel good”), but it
can also have consequences that have a probability of leading
to a problem or accident or addiction. In other words, people
engage in risky behaviour, hoping for a good outcome, but it’s
also possible (depending on the probability) that a bad outcome
may result.
• Is playing a friendly game of soccer with a friend a form of risk
behaviour? Why or why not?
• Imagine taking a R100 bet with your friend that Chiefs will win
the soccer game. (That is, if Chiefs win, he must pay you R100.
But if they don’t win, you must pay him R100.) Is this a form
of risky behaviour? Why? Why not?
• When we risk money (or something of value) on an activity
whose outcome is uncertain, we call this gambling. People
gamble because they hope to get a favourable outcome, e.g.
more money, or something else of value.
Hi there, it’s Joe again. I know all about risky behaviour,
and boy, did it land me in trouble.
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Unit 7.3
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