The Feeling of Risk : New Perspectives on Risk Perception
Paul. Slovic
Bok Engelsk 2013 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Hoboken : : Taylor and Francis, , 2013.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (457 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - The Feeling of Risk New Perspectives on Risk Perception; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction and Overview; Part I Risk as Feelings; Chapter 1 The Affect Heuristic and the Attractiveness of Simple Gambles; Chapter 2 Risk as Analysis and Risk as Feelings: Some Thoughts about Affect, Reason, Risk and Rationality; Chapter 3 Attentional Mechanisms in the Generation of Sympathy; Chapter 4 Sympathy and Callousness:The Impact of Deliberative Thought on Donations to Identifiable and Statistical Victims. - Chapter 12 Fear of Democracy: A Cultural Evaluation of Sunstein on RiskChapter 13 Risk Lived, Stigma Experienced; Part III Psychometric Studies; Chapter 14 Public Perception of the Risk of Blood Transfusion; Chapter 15 Expert and Public Perception of Risk from Biotechnology; Chapter 16 Risk Perception of Prescription Drugs: Results of a National Survey; Chapter 17 Predicting and Modelling Public Response to a Terrorist Strike; Chapter 18 Cultural Cognition of the Risks and Benefits of Nanotechnology; Part IV Risk Knowledge and Risk Communication. - Chapter 19 The Social Amplification of Risk: Assessing Fifteen Years of Research and TheoryChapter 20 Numeracy Skill and the Communication, Comprehension and Use of Risk-Benefit Information; Chapter 21 Public Understanding of the Illnesses Caused by Cigarette Smoking; Chapter 22 The Impact and Acceptability of Canadian-style Cigarette Warning Labels Among US Smokers and Nonsmokers; References; Index. - Chapter 5 The More Who Die, the Less We CareChapter 6 Numbers and Nerves:Toward an Affective Apprehension of Environmental Risk; Chapter 7 Cigarette Smokers: Rational Actors or Rational Fools?; Chapter 8 Affect, Risk Perception and Future Optimism After the Tsunami Disaster; Part II Culture, Cognition and Risk; Chapter 9 Gender, Race and Perceived Risk:The 'White-Male' Effect; Chapter 10 Discrimination,Vulnerability and Justice in the Face of Risk; Chapter 11 Culture and Identity-Protective Cognition: Explaining the White-Male Effect in Risk Perception. - The Feeling of Risk brings together the work of Paul Slovic, one of the world's leading analysts of risk, to describe the extension of risk perception research into the first decade of this new century. In this collection of important works, Paul Slovic explores the conception of 'risk as feelings' and examines the interaction of feeling and cognition in the perception of risk. He also examines the elements of knowledge, cognitive skill, and communication necessary for good decisions in the face of risk.The first section of the book looks at the difficulty of understanding risk without an emot
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| Emner | Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment
Behavior Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms Choice Behavior Vis mer... Emotions
Environment and Public Health Epidemiologic Measurements Epidemiologic Methods Health Care Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation Health Services Administration Investigative Techniques Mental Processes Organization and Administration Probability Psychiatry and Psychology Psychological Phenomena and Processes Public Health Quality of Health Care Risk Risk Management Risk-Taking Statistics as Topic Thinking Decision making. Risk -- Social aspects. Risk assessment. Risk perception. Psychology Social Sciences risiko politikk dømmekraft sosiale aspekt risikoanalyser affekt rasjonalitet sikkerhet samfunnssikkerhet risikosamfunnrøyking advarsler persepsjonspsykologi |
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| ISBN | 9781849711487. - 9781849711494
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