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  • Affect, Risk, and Decision Making 
    Slovic, Paul; Peters, Ellen; Finucane, Melissa; MacGregor, Donald G. (2005)
    Risk is perceived and acted on in 2 fundamental ways. Risk as feelings refers to individuals' fast, instinctive, and intuitive reactions to danger. Risk as analysis brings logic, reason, and scientific deliberation to bear ...
  • Creating Algorithms as an Aid to Judgment 
    Lichtenstein, Sarah; MacGregor, Donald G.; Slovic, Paul (Decision Research, 1989)
    A critical task often performed by decision makers is to make estimates of important points of fact. Previous research has suggested that decomposition of numerical estimation problems can result in improved estimation ...
  • Imagery, Affect, and Decision Making 
    Slovic, Paul; MacGregor, Donald G.; Peters, Ellen (Decision Research, 1998-03-11)
    Traditionally, the principal focus of research on judgment and decision making has been largely cognitive and rationalistic. More recently, however, decision-making researchers have acknowledged the role of non-cognitive ...
  • Lay and Expert Perceptions of Planetary Protection 
    MacGregor, Donald G.; Slovic, Paul; Race, Margaret (Decision Research, 1998)
    As space scientists and engineers plan new missions to Mars and other planets in our solar system, they will face critical questions about the potential for biological contamination of planetary surfaces. In a society ...
  • Powerline frequency electric and magnetic fields: A pilot study of risk perception 
    Slovic, Paul; Nair, Indira; Giesler, Dan; Morgan, M. Granger; MacGregor, Donald G.; Fischhoff, Baruch; Lincoln, David; Florig, Keith (1985)
    Perception of the potential risk arising from human exposure to 50/60 Hz electric and magnetic fields was studied with a quasi-random sample of 116 well educated opinion leaders using the risk perception framework previously ...
  • Retirement Plans and Financial Expectations: A Survey of Leading-edge “Baby Boomers” 
    MacGregor, Donald G.; Slovic, Paul (Decision Research, 2000-11-15)
    “Baby boomers” comprise a significant portion of the U.S. population, and the leading-edge of this group will begin retirement within a decade. These individuals, in the age range of 45 to 55 years, are currently at or ...
  • 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 ...

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