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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 ...
Rating the risks

Slovic, Paul; Fischhoff, Baruch; Lichtenstein, Sarah (Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, 1979)

The management and regulation of high-risk technologies need to be based on an understanding of the ways in which people think about risk. Without such understanding, well-intended laws and policies may be ineffective, or ...