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Risk perception

Risk perception is the subjective judgement that people make about the characteristics and severity of a risk. Risk perceptions often differ from statistical assessments of risk since they are affected by a wide range of affective (emotions, feelings, moods, etc.), cognitive (gravity of events, media coverage, risk-mitigating measures, etc.), contextual…

Psychological approach, Anthropology/sociology approach & Early theories

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Risk perception

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Risk perception

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related to Cultural theory · 18
Risk perception → Aaron Wildavsky, Cultural Theory, Douglas, Each, Egalitarian, Even Douglas, Fatalist, Four, Grid, Group, Hierarchical, In, Individualist, Mary Douglas, One, Risk, The, Wildavsky
related to Psychometric paradigm · 14
Risk perception → Accidents, All, Following Starr's, If, Melissa Finucane, Paul Slovic, People, Research, Slovic, Starr, Starr's, These, They, Three Mile Island
related to Psychological approach · 6
Risk perception → According, Later, Research, The, These, This
related to Early theories · 3
Risk perception → Fears, However, The
related to Anthropology/sociology approach · 2
Risk perception → In, The
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Risk perception → subjective judgement that people make about the characteristics and severity of a risk

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Risk perceptionis asubjective judgement that people make about the characteristics and severity of a risk0.90text
climate change or population growthinstance ofand put too much stock in small samples of data.Cognitive PsychologyThe majority of people in the public express a greater concern for problems which appear to possess an immedi…0.80text
climate changeinstance ofPeople greatly rely on the scientific community to assess the threat of environmental problems because they usually do not directly experience the effects of phenomena0.80text
climate change or population growthinstance ofCognitive PsychologyThe majority of people in the public express a greater concern for problems which appear to possess an immediate effect on everyday life such as hazardous wa…0.80text
Risk perceptionrelated to Anthropology/sociology approachThe0.60section
Risk perceptionrelated to Anthropology/sociology approachIn0.60section
Risk perceptionrelated to Cultural theoryOne0.60section
Risk perceptionrelated to Cultural theoryCultural Theory0.60section
Risk perceptionrelated to Cultural theoryMary Douglas0.60section
Risk perceptionrelated to Cultural theoryAaron Wildavsky0.60section
Risk perceptionrelated to Cultural theoryIn0.60section
Risk perceptionrelated to Cultural theoryDouglas0.60section

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