Psychology of risk perception / Joana G. Lavino and Rasmus B. Neumann, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lavino, Joana G.

Neumann, Rasmus B.

Series:

Psychology of emotions, motivations, and actions series.

Psychology of emotions, motivations and actions series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Risk perception--Social aspects.

Risk perception.

Risk-taking (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (219 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Risk perception is the subjective judgment that people make about the characteristics and severity of a risk. The phrase is most commonly used in reference to natural hazards and threats to the environment or health, such as nuclear power. Several theories have been proposed to explain why different people make different estimates of the dangerousness of risks. Three major families of theory have been developed: psychology approaches (heuristics and cognitive), anthropology/sociology approaches (cultural theory) and interdisciplinary approaches (social amplification of risk framework).This new book presents the latest original research in this field.

Contents:

Intro

PSYCHOLOGY OF RISK PERCEPTION

CONTENTS

PREFACE

Chapter 1 SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTRIBUTORS TO PERCEIVED VULNERABILITY AND PERCEPTION OF RISK FOR NEGATIVE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE OF PV AND POR

The Influence of PV and PoR on Psychological Factors and Health Behaviors

Measurement

SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTRIBUTORS TO PERCEIVED VULNERABILITY AND PERCEPTIONS OF RISK

NARRATIVE INTERVENTION REVIEW

A RECENT EMPIRICAL EXAMPLE

METHOD

Participants

Instruments

Social Determinants of PV

Social Determinants of PoR

RESULTS

DISCUSSION FOR RECENT EMPIRICAL EXAMPLE

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

AUTHOR NOTE

Chapter 2 GENE TRANSFER: TECHNICAL VISIONS AND EMOTIONAL PERCEPTIONS

PERCEPTION AND ACCEPTABILITY OF GENE TRANSFER TECHNOLOGY

Risk Perception: Representations of the Collective Imagination

Risk Perception and the Scientific Community

CONCLUSIONS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Chapter 3 ASSOCIATIVE AND COGNITIVE PROCESSES IN RISK PERCEPTION AND COMMUNICATION

Risk Perception

Qualitative Risk Characteristics and the Psychometric Paradigm

Heuristics

Dual Process Theories

The Primary Evaluative and Secondary Evaluative Processes of Risk Perception

An Indirect Test to Measure Risk Perception

Risk Communication

OVERVIEW OF THE STUDIES

Studies 1a and 1b: The Impact of Risk Associations on the Perception of an Unknown Risk

Study 2: Measuring the Effects of Risk Communication Directly and Indirectly

Study 3: Audiovisual Risk Communication Unraveled

Study 4: The Effect of Active Risk Communication on the Relation between Associative and Cognitive Processes

DISCUSSION

The Role of Associative Processes.

Risk Communication Effects

The Indirect Test

Chapter 4 PERCEPTION OF COMPLEXITY, TRUST, KNOWLEDGE AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS IN GENE SCIENCE: A SURVEY AMONG DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS IN AUSTRIA

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1. Gene Science and Increasing Complexity

1.2. Perception of Stakeholders

1.3. Research Questions

2. METHODS

2.1. Questionnaire

2.2. Dissemination and Response Rate

2.3. Don't Know Responses

3. RESULTS

3.1. What "Complex" Means

3.2. Changing Complexity over Time

3.3. Perception of Stakeholder Groups

3.3.1. Stakeholder as information source

3.3.1. Trust in stakeholders

3.3.3. Presenting information in an comprehensive way

3.3.4. Ability to understanding complex relationships

3.4. Important Aspects of Gene Research

3.5. Information Channels

3.5.1. Useable information

4. DISCUSSION

4.1. Description of the Term "Complex"

4.2. Changing Complexity over Time

4.3. Altered Self-Perception

4.4. Alternative Communication Channels

5. CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

6. REFERENCES

Chapter 5 MEASURING PERCEIVED SUSCEPTIBILITY, PERCEIVED VULNERABILITY AND PERCEIVED RISK OF HIV INFECTION

DEFINITIONS OF PERCEIVED RISK

Operationalizing Perceived Risk

Conditional versus Unconditional Items

Perceived Risk, Worry and Affect

Verbal and Numeric Judgments of HIV Risk

Global vs. Specific

Is One Item Enough?

Are Measures of Perceived Risk of HIV Sensitive Enough?

PERCEIVED RISK AND BEHAVIOR

SUMMARY

Chapter 6 THE SPIDER AND THE WEB: EMOTIONS, EVOLUTION AND THE ETHICS OF TECHNOLOGICAL RISK1

EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

EMOTIONS, EVOLUTION AND TECHNOLOGICAL RISK

EMOTIONS AND RISK PERCEPTION.

ETHICS OF TECHNOLOGICAL RISK

AN EXAMPLE: RISK AND THE WORLD WIDE WEB

Chapter 7 DISASTER RISK PERCEPTION OF PEOPLE EXPOSED: ARE WE ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS?

1. BRIEF REVIEW OF THE MAIN PARADIGMS AND EXPLANATIONS

1.1. From World War II to the 1980's

1.2. Cultural Theory

1.3. Psychology of Risk Perception

1.3.1. The biases of human psychology in risk perception

1.3.2. Factors which determine risk perception

1.3.2.1. Criteria influencing individual and household risk perception

1.3.2.2. The importance of the context in shaping risk perception

1.3.2.2.1. Cultural context

1.3.2.2.2. Urban or rural context

1.3.2.2.3. Institutional context

1.3.2.2.4. Economical context

1.3.2.2.5. Household context

2. SOCIO-ANTHROPOLOGICAL FACTORS - TOWARDS A DIFFERENT VISION OF RISK PERCEPTION

2.1. Differences According to Social Position

2.2. The Adaptation of Expectations to Opportunities

2.3. People's Strategy and Interest

Chapter 8 RISK PERCEPTION AND HEREDITARY CANCER SYNDROMES

THE CANCER RISK PERCEPTION

RISK PERCEPTION AND HEREDITARY BREAST AND/OR OVARIAN CANCER SYNDROME (HBOC)

RISK PERCEPTION AND HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS COLORECTAL CANCER SYNDROME (HNPCC)

GENETIC COUNSELING FOR HEREDITARY CANCER SYNDROMES

ASSESSMENT AND RISK PERCEPTION IN THE GENETIC COUNSELLING

Chapter 9 RISK PERCEPTION AND BEHAVIOR: EVALUATION OF OWN DIET AMONG YOUNG ATHLETES AND NONATHLETES IN HUNGARY

METHODS

Participants and Procedures

Measures

Statistical Analysis

Chapter 10 THE PROBLEM OF LONG LIVED RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT

The Geological Formations

Far into the Future.

Far into the Past

Again, Far into the Future

THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION

A CASE HISTORY

THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC

INDEX

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61122-497-7

OCLC:

670430078