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Discrimination, vulnerability, and justice in the face of risk

Satterfield, Terre; Mertz, C. K.; Slovic, Paul (2004)

Recent research finds that perceived risk is closely associated with race and gender. In surveys of the American public a subset of white males stand out for their uniformly low perceptions of environmental health risks, ...
Effects of main actor, outcome and affect on biased braking speed judgments

Svenson, Ola; Eriksson, Gabriella; Slovic, Paul; Mertz, C. K.; Fuglestad, Tina (Society for Judgment and Decision Making, 2012-05)

Subjects who judged speed in a driving scenario overestimated how fast they could decelerate when speeding compared to when keeping within the speed limit (Svenson, 2009). The purpose of the present studies were to replicate ...
Evaluating chemical risks: Results of a survey of the British Toxicology Society

Slovic, Paul; Malmfors, Torbjorn; Mertz, C. K.; Neil, Nancy; Purchase, I. F. H. (1996)

1. Members of the British Toxicology Society participated in a survey to determine their attitudes, beliefs, and perceptions regarding risks from chemicals. Similar surveys had previously been conducted with toxicologists ...
Gender, Race, and Perception of Environmental Health Risks

Flynn, James; Slovic, Paul; Mertz, C. K. (1994)

This paper reports the results of a national survey in which perceptions of environmental health risks were measured for 1275 white and 214 nonwhite persons. The results showed that white women perceived risks to be much ...
Health risk perception in Canada I: Rating hazards, sources of information and responsibility for health protection

Krewski, Daniel; Slovic, Paul; Bartlett, Sheryl; Flynn, James; Mertz, C. K. (1995)

A national survey of 1500 Canadians was carried out to assess public perception of health risks. Questionnaire items focused on ratings of perceived risk, sources of information on health risks and responsibility for risk ...
Health risk perception in Canada II: Worldviews, attitudes and opinions

Krewski, Daniel; Slovic, Paul; Flynn, James; Mertz, C. K. (1995)

In this article, we present the results of a national survey of 1500 Canadians on their attitudes and opinions about health risks. Ratings of perceived risk, sources of information on health risks and responsibility for ...
Health-risk perception in Canada

Slovic, Paul; Flynn, James; Mertz, C. K.; Mullican, L. (1993)
Identifying Like-Minded Audiences for Global Warming Public Engagement Campaigns: An Audience Segmentation Analysis and Tool Development

Maibach, Edward; Leiserowitz, Anthony; Roser-Renouf, Connie; Mertz, C. K. (Public Library of Science, 2011-03-10)

Background: Achieving national reductions in greenhouse gas emissions will require public support for climate and energy policies and changes in population behaviors. Audience segmentation – a process of identifying ...
The impact and acceptability of Canadian-style cigarette warning labels among U.S. smokers and nonsmokers

Peters, Ellen; Romer, Daniel; Slovic, Paul; Jamieson, Kathleen Hall; Wharfield, Leisha M.; Mertz, C. K.; Carpenter, Stephanie M. (2007)
Intuitive numbers guide decisions

Peters, Ellen; Slovic, Paul; Vastfjall, Daniel; Mertz, C. K. (Society for Judgment and Decision Making, 2008-12)

Measuring reaction times to number comparisons is thought to reveal a processing stage in elementary numerical cognition linked to internal, imprecise representations of number magnitudes. These intuitive representations ...
Intuitive toxicology II: Expert and lay judgments of chemical risks in Canada

Slovic, Paul; Malmfors, Torbjorn; Krewski, Daniel; Mertz, C. K.; Neil, Nancy; Bartlett, Sheryl (1995)

This study is a replication and extension in Canada of a previous study in the United States in which toxicologists and members of the public were surveyed to determine their attitudes, beliefs, and perceptions regarding ...
Psychological and Social Impacts Associated with Contamination from the Woolfolk Chemical Works Plant in Fort Valley, Georgia

Slovic, Paul; Satterfield, Terre; Mertz, C. K.; Flynn, James (Decision Research, 1996-09-04)

In February of 1996 a study of current and prior residents of the neighborhood adjacent to the Woolfolk Chemical Works Plant (a.k.a. Canadyne, a.k.a. SureCo, a.ka. the Dust House) in Fort Valley, Georgia was commissioned ...