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  • The perception and management of therapeutic risk 
    Slovic, Paul (1989)
    Technology has enhanced our ability to harness our environment, eradicate dread diseases, and fashion a life of comfort and leisure. But it has become apparent that these benefits are accompanied by a variety of hazardous ...
  • Perception of risk 
    Slovic, Paul (1987)
    Studies of risk perception examine the judgements people make when they are asked to characterize and evaluate hazardous activities and technologies. This research aims to aid risk analysis and policy-making by providing ...
  • Perception of Risk From Radiation 
    Slovic, Paul (1996)
    Perceptions of risk from radiation have been studied systematically for about 20 years. This paper summarises the key findings and conclusions from this research with regard to the nature of risk perceptions, the impacts ...
  • Presenting uncertainty in health risk assessment: Initial studies of its effects on risk perception and trust 
    Slovic, Paul; Johnson, Branden B. (1995)
    Some analysts suggest that discussing uncertainties in health risk assessments might reduce citizens' perceptions of risk and increase their respect for the risk-assessing agency. We tested this assumption with simulated ...
  • The Psychology of Protective Behavior 
    Slovic, Paul (1978)
    What determines whether people will protect themselves against the severe losses that might arise from some low-probability hazard? What factors underlie the perception and acceptability of technological risks? The answers ...
  • The psychology of risk 
    Slovic, Paul (Universidade de São Paulo, 2010)
    The essay contrasts the scientific approach to analyzing and making decisions about risk with the ways that ordinary people perceive and repsond to risk. It highlights the importance of trust as a determiner of perceived ...
  • Public perceptions of risk and acceptability of forest vegetation management alternatives in Ontario 
    Wagner, R.G.; Flynn, J.; Gregory, R. (Canadian Institute of Forestry, 1998-09)
    We examined public perceptions of risk and acceptability for 9 alternatives to controlling forest vegetation in Ontario (N = 2,301) in the fall of 1994. The proportion of respondents indicating whether an alternative ...
  • The risk game 
    Slovic, Paul (1998)
    In the context of health, safety, and environmental decisions, the concept of risk involves value judgments that reflect much more than just the probability and consequences of the occurrence of an event. This article ...
  • Risk perception and trust: Challenges for facility siting 
    Slovic, Paul; Kunreuther, Howard; MacGregor, Donald G. (1996)
    The challenges associated with siting new waste facilities revolve around perceptions of the health, safety and environmental risks by the different interested parties. This paper stresses the importance of establishing ...
  • Risk perception in Poland: A comparison with three other countries 
    Goszczynska, Maryla; Tyszka, Tadeusz; Slovic, Paul (1991)
    The present study is a cross-cultural comparison of risk perception. A psychometric approach has been followed in order to examine quantitative risk judgments of different hazards and the ratings of these same hazards on ...
  • Risk Perception of Prescription Drugs: Report on a Survey in Canada 
    Slovic, Paul; Kraus, Nancy; Lappe, Henner; Major, Marilyn (1991)
    A representative of the Canadian public was interviewed to determine their attitudes and perceptions of the risks and benefits from prescription drugs. In general, prescription drugs, with the exception of sleeping pills, ...
  • The Role of Affect and Worldviews as Orienting Dispositions in the Perception and Acceptance of Nuclear Power 
    Peters, Ellen; Slovic, Paul (1996)
    Recent research in risk perception has examined the role of affect and worldviews as orienting dispositions that guide people's decisions about complex and risky topics such as nuclear energy. This study tests and supports ...
  • The Second National Risk and Culture Study: Making Sense of—and Making Progress In— the American Culture War of Fact 
    Kahan, Dan; Gastil, John; Braman, Donald; Cohen, Geoffrey; Slovic, Paul (Yale Law School, 2007-10)
    Cultural Cognition refers to the disposition to conform one's beliefs about societal risks to one's preferences for how society should be organized. Based on surveys and experiments involving some 5,000 Americans, the ...
  • Trust, emotion, sex, politics, and science: Surveying the risk-assessment battlefield 
    Slovic, Paul (1999)
    Risk management has become increasingly politicized and contentious. Polarized views, controversy, and conflict have become pervasive. Research has begun to provide a new perspective on this problem by demonstrating the ...
  • Understanding Public Reaction to Risk Analysis 
    MacGregor, Donald G. (Decision Research, 1984-12)

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