Are trivial risks the greatest risks of all

作者: Paul Slovic

DOI: 10.1080/136698799376727

关键词: Value (ethics)Construct (philosophy)Risk perceptionHarmSocial psychologyRisk researchActuarial scienceRisk management toolsPsychologyRisk assessment

摘要: Studies by Sjoberg published in 1999 (Journal of Risk Research), Volume 2, Number pp. 129-49) have led him to conclude that perceived risk is mostly determined probability harm, whereas reduction demands are severity harm and not probability. As a result, he finds does predict demand for mitigation, leading question the value construct. Sjoberg's results conflict with an extensive literature demonstrating (a) protective behaviours influenced both (b) strong predictor desire reduction. Why do this literature? The answer be found idiosyncrasies his research designs interpretations. In Study 1, asked people judge adverse sometimes trivial outcomes, respondents think as those outcomes. ...

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