Explores the conception of 'risk as feelings' and examines the interaction of feeling and cognition in the perception of risk. This book highlights perspectives on risk arising from cultural worldviews and concerns about specific hazards pertaining to blood transfusion, biotechnology, prescription drugs, smoking, terrorism, and nanotechnology. First Published in 2010. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Explores the conception of 'risk as feelings' and examines the interaction of feeling and cognition in the perception of risk. This book highlights perspectives on risk arising from cultural worldviews and concerns about specific hazards pertaining to blood transfusion, biotechnology, prescription drugs, smoking, terrorism, and nanotechnology.First Published in 2010. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Paul Slovic is a founder and President of Decision Research, a non-profit research organization investigating human judgment, decision-making, and risk. He is also a Professor in the Department of Psychology, University of Oregon and a past President of the Society for Risk Analysis.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction and Overview Part I: Risk as Feelings 1. The Affect Heuristic and the Attractiveness of Simple Gambles 2. Risk as Analysis and Risk as Feelings: Some Thoughts about Affect, Reason, Risk, and Rationality 3. Attentional Mechanisms in the Generation of Sympathy 4. Sympathy and Callousness: The Impact of Deliberative Thought on Donations to Identifiable and Statistical Victims 5. The More Who Die, The Less We Care 6. Numbers and Nerves: Toward an Affective Apprehension of Environmental Risk 7. Cigarette Smokers: Rational Actors or Rational Fools? 8. Affect, Risk Perception and Future Optimism after the Tsunami Disaster Part II: Culture, Cognition, and Risk 9. Gender, Race, and Perceived Risk: The 'White Male' Effect 10. Discrimination, Vulnerability, and Justice in the Face of Risk 11. Culture and Identity-Protective Cognition: Explaining the White-Male Effect in Risk Perception 12. Book Review: Fear of Democracy: A Cultural Evaluation of Sunstein on Risk 13. Risk Lived, Stigma Experienced. Part III: Psychometric Studies 14. Public Perception of the Risk of Blood Transfusion 15. Expert and Public Perception of Risk from Biotechnology 16. Risk Perception of Prescription Drugs: Results of a National Survey 17. Predicting and Modeling Public Response to a Terrorist Strike 18. Cultural Cognition of the Risks and Benefits of Nanotechnology Part IV: Risk Knowledge and Risk Communication 19. The Social Amplification of Risk: Assessing Fifteen Years of Research and Theory 20. Numeracy Skill and the Communication, Comprehension, and Use of Risk-Benefit Information 21. Public Understanding of the Illnesses Caused by Cigarette Smoking 22. The Impact and Acceptability of Canadian-Style Cigarette Warning Labels among U.S. Smokers and Nonsmokers
Introduction and Overview Part I: Risk as Feelings 1. The Affect Heuristic and the Attractiveness of Simple Gambles 2. Risk as Analysis and Risk as Feelings: Some Thoughts about Affect, Reason, Risk, and Rationality 3. Attentional Mechanisms in the Generation of Sympathy 4. Sympathy and Callousness: The Impact of Deliberative Thought on Donations to Identifiable and Statistical Victims 5. The More Who Die, The Less We Care 6. Numbers and Nerves: Toward an Affective Apprehension of Environmental Risk 7. Cigarette Smokers: Rational Actors or Rational Fools? 8. Affect, Risk Perception and Future Optimism after the Tsunami Disaster Part II: Culture, Cognition, and Risk 9. Gender, Race, and Perceived Risk: The 'White Male' Effect 10. Discrimination, Vulnerability, and Justice in the Face of Risk 11. Culture and Identity-Protective Cognition: Explaining the White-Male Effect in Risk Perception 12. Book Review: Fear of Democracy: A Cultural Evaluation of Sunstein on Risk 13. Risk Lived, Stigma Experienced. Part III: Psychometric Studies 14. Public Perception of the Risk of Blood Transfusion 15. Expert and Public Perception of Risk from Biotechnology 16. Risk Perception of Prescription Drugs: Results of a National Survey 17. Predicting and Modeling Public Response to a Terrorist Strike 18. Cultural Cognition of the Risks and Benefits of Nanotechnology Part IV: Risk Knowledge and Risk Communication 19. The Social Amplification of Risk: Assessing Fifteen Years of Research and Theory 20. Numeracy Skill and the Communication, Comprehension, and Use of Risk-Benefit Information 21. Public Understanding of the Illnesses Caused by Cigarette Smoking 22. The Impact and Acceptability of Canadian-Style Cigarette Warning Labels among U.S. Smokers and Nonsmokers
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