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  • Informing and educating the public about risk 
    Slovic, Paul (1986)
    The objective of informing and educating the public about risk issues seems easy to attain in principle, but, in practice, may be difficult to accomplish. This paper attempts to illustrate why this is so. To be effective, ...
  • Informing Decisions to Prevent Genocide 
    Vastfjall, Daniel; Slovic, Paul; Gergory, Robin (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012)
    This paper describes a psychological phenomenon called psychic numbing that devalues lives when many are at stake and thus enables political leaders to neglect mass suffering, in violation of our professed humanitarian ...
  • Informing people about risk 
    Slovic, Paul; Lichtenstein, Sarah; Fischhoff, Baruch (1980)
    Designers of programs for informing the public about radiation hazards need to consider the difficulties inherent in communicating highly technical information about risk. To be effective, information campaigns must be ...
  • Insensitivity to the Value of Human Life: A Study of Psychophysical Numbing 
    Fetherstonhaugh, David; Slovic, Paul; Johnson, Stephen; Friedrich, James (1997)
    A fundamental principle of psychophysics is that people's ability to discriminate change in a physical stimulus diminishes as the magnitude of the stimulus increases. We find that people also exhibit diminished sensitivity ...
  • Insideout: Making Environmental Control Systems a Part of Design 
    Brown, G. Z. (Center for Housing Innovation, University of Oregon, 1980)
    The teaching of mechanical and electrical systems in isolation (i e, distinct from design studios), reinforces the notion that technical concerns are narrow, equipment oriented and independent. Broader environmental questions ...
  • Instruccion en el Hogar 
    ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management; Lines, Patricia M. (Eugene, OR : ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management, College of Education, University of Oregon, 2001-09)
  • Insurance Experience of Oregon Arthritis Patients 
    Oregon Survey Research Laboratory; Oregon Rheumatology Alliance (Oregon Survey Research Laboratory, University of Oregon, 2004)
  • An Integrated Environment for Intelligent Energy Design 
    Brambley, Michael R.; Quadrel, Richard W.; Stratton, Rex C.; Brown, G. Z.; Meacham, Matt; Miller, Peter; Pohl, Jens G.; La Porta, John; Snyder, James; Selkowitz, Steven E.; Papamichael, Konstantinos; Bailey, Mark L. (Center for Housing Innovation, University of Oregon, 1992)
    The design of energy-efficient buildings can be aided by intelligent computer tools that can evaluate design solutions and make recommendations for improving the buildings' energy performance. Such tools can be very ...
  • Integrating an energy evaluation module with a CAD program : a feasibility study 
    Meacham, Matthew A. (Matthew Andy), 1959-; Brown, G. Z. (Center for Housing Innovation, University of Oregon, 1991-12)
    The U.S. housing industry appears to be on the brink of extensive computerization as a result of competitive pressures within the U.S.A., and from Europe and Japan. The Japanese lead the U.S. in computerizing the sales ...
  • Integrating transportation and land use planning : Outreach to planning commissioners 
    University of Oregon. Dept. of Planning, Public Policy and Management. Community Planning Workshop; Johnson, Bethany; Frank, Kathryn; Nunez, Tina; Pezley, Michelle; Sielo, Paul; Warner, Rachel; Parker, Bob (Oregon Transportation and Growth Management Program, 2003-06)
  • Integrative Education 
    ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management; Walker, Dean (Eugene, OR : ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management, College of Education, University of Oregon, 1995-01)
  • IntoCareers Future Job or Career Survey, Spring 2002 
    Oregon Survey Research Laboratory; University of Oregon. intoCareers Program (2002)
  • 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 ...
  • Intuitive toxicology: Expert and lay judgments of chemical risks 
    Slovic, Paul; Malmfors, Torbjorn; Neil, Nancy (1992)
    Human beings have always been intuitive toxicologists, relying on their senses of sight, taste, and smell to detect harmful or unsafe food, water, and air. As we have come to recognize that our senses are not adequate to ...
  • An investment in the future : Reflections on experiential learning and bus rapid transit evaluation 
    University of Oregon. Dept. of Planning, Public Policy and Management. Community Planning Workshop (Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium, 2009-09)
  • Jackson County parks system master plan 
    University of Oregon. Dept. of Planning, Public Policy and Management. Community Planning Workshop; Reesor, David; Ackerson, Kristopher; Cook, Keavy; Stevens, Robert; Johnson, Elizabeth; Rossetter, Sandra; Parker, Robert (Jackson County (Or.), 2004-07)
  • Josephine County Internal Survey 2003 
    Oregon Survey Research Laboratory; Josephine County (Or.). Board of Commissioners (2003)
  • Josephine County Survey 2001 
    Oregon Survey Research Laboratory; Josephine County (Or.). Board of Commissioners (2001)
  • Josephine County Survey 2002 
    Oregon Survey Research Laboratory; Josephine County (Or.). Board of Commissioners (2002)

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