Cognitive Processes and Societal Risk Taking. Slovic, Paul, Fischoff, Baruch and Sarah Lichtenstein
Material type: TextPublication details: Ft. Belvoir $b Defense Technical Information Center $c 23 JUN 1975.Description: 46 pSubject(s): Summary: This paper explores how the psychological study of decision processes might help those who seek to understand and improve societal decisions involving risk. The discussion is organized around three topics: (1) What are some of the basic policy issues regarding societal risk; (2) What knowledge has 25 years of empirical and theoretical research produced that is relevant to these issues; and (3) What more do we need to know and how might we acquire that knowledge.Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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This paper explores how the psychological study of decision processes might help those who seek to understand and improve societal decisions involving risk. The discussion is organized around three topics: (1) What are some of the basic policy issues regarding societal risk; (2) What knowledge has 25 years of empirical and theoretical research produced that is relevant to these issues; and (3) What more do we need to know and how might we acquire that knowledge.
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