Risk perception is the subjective judgement that people make about the characteristics and severity of a risk. Risk perceptions often differ from statistical...
22 KB (2,761 words) - 23:20, 24 May 2025
studies that seek to explain societal conflict over risk. Whereas other theories of risk perception stress economic and cognitive influences, Cultural...
16 KB (1,921 words) - 00:56, 22 January 2024
and severity of a risk. At its most basic, the perception of risk is an intuitive form of risk analysis. Intuitive understanding of risk differs in systematic...
87 KB (10,440 words) - 06:34, 23 June 2025
leading theorist and researcher in the risk perception field (the psychometric paradigm, the affect heuristic, and "risk as feeling"). His most recent work...
12 KB (1,458 words) - 00:08, 20 June 2025
environmental documentary amplified public risk perception about air pollution in China. Journal of Risk Research, 23(2), 227–241. https://www.tandfonline...
26 KB (3,245 words) - 05:27, 29 July 2025
making a purchase choice. Areas of particular interest include risk perception and risk reduction activities, brand switching, channel switching, brand...
160 KB (20,687 words) - 02:47, 29 July 2025
Kenneth Dau-Schmidt, [7] Explaining Risk Perception: An Evaluation of the Psychometric Paradigm in Risk Perception Research, Lennart Sjöberg, Bjørg-Elin...
13 KB (1,597 words) - 08:23, 12 July 2025
cognition is a descendant of two other theories of risk perception. The first is the cultural theory of risk associated with anthropologist Mary Douglas and...
23 KB (2,677 words) - 13:22, 24 May 2025
The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) is an index that scores and ranks countries by their perceived levels of public sector corruption, as assessed...
64 KB (3,415 words) - 00:24, 10 July 2025
outcomes, health outcomes, and life satisfaction. It also may distort risk perception in health decisions. Greater numeracy has been associated with reduced...
42 KB (4,723 words) - 07:20, 11 June 2025
the overall risk attached to various purchase decisions. Risk perception drives the information search process. Heightened risk perception may become a...
89 KB (11,963 words) - 12:45, 24 June 2025
Elke U. Weber (section Risk Perception and Risk Taking)
respond to information. Her cross-cultural research showed that while risk perceptions vary widely across societies, the influence of social norms on behavior...
17 KB (1,718 words) - 14:43, 30 July 2025
and its development, probability judgments, medical decision making, risk perception and estimation, and biases and fallacies in decision making. FTT can...
65 KB (8,093 words) - 11:08, 24 June 2025
choices. Risk perceptions are particularly important for individual behaviors, such as exercise, diet, and even sunscreen use. A large portion of risk prevention...
38 KB (4,728 words) - 10:34, 18 July 2025
Perception management is a term originated by the US military.[citation needed] The US Department of Defense (DOD) gives this definition: Actions to convey...
70 KB (8,799 words) - 11:02, 31 July 2025
Duckworth is also known for developing a system of quantifying personal risk perception, now known as the "Duckworth scale". Duckworth died of cancer on 21...
7 KB (540 words) - 21:11, 1 April 2025
teacher, and speaker on risk perception and risk communication. He is also creator and director of Improving Media Coverage of Risk, a training program for...
8 KB (770 words) - 03:50, 21 June 2025
Availability heuristic (section Perceived risk)
Engelberg, Elisabeth (2010). "Risk Perception and Movies: A Study of Availability as a Factor in Risk Perception". Risk Analysis. 30 (1): 95–106. Bibcode:2010RiskA...
42 KB (5,795 words) - 16:10, 26 January 2025
being the common bias in the perception of risk in flying vs. driving). Evaluations of future risk can be: Real future risk, as disclosed by the fully matured...
3 KB (384 words) - 15:56, 9 February 2025
and preferences around risk, resulting in differences of risk perception.: 149 Common approaches to risk assessment and risk management strategies are...
34 KB (5,812 words) - 16:42, 7 July 2025
and workload, and to lack of protective equipment. COVID-19 changed the perception of patient care for providers. Research about patient care during COVID-19...
67 KB (5,775 words) - 02:12, 13 July 2025
the proposition in 1982 that road users did not just adapt to perceptions of changing risk through compensatory behaviors, but that the process was a homeostatic...
51 KB (6,100 words) - 13:51, 16 July 2025
Affect heuristic (section Risk communication)
situation (i.e., positive affect) would lead to a lower risk perception and a higher benefit perception, even when this is logically not warranted for that...
31 KB (4,491 words) - 22:57, 29 May 2024
Reports on Predator Attacks on Humans: Toward an Understanding of Human Risk Perception and Predator Acceptance". BioScience. 68 (8): 577–584. doi:10.1093/biosci/biy072...
15 KB (1,066 words) - 04:37, 2 June 2025
His research focuses on judgment and decision making, including risk perception and risk analysis. He has authored numerous academic books and articles...
13 KB (1,622 words) - 17:39, 29 May 2025
Vibrator (sex toy) (section Health risks)
Allison (March 2005). "Sexual Practices, Risk Perception and Knowledge of Sexually Transmitted Disease Risk Among Lesbian and Bisexual Women". Perspectives...
44 KB (5,072 words) - 11:34, 23 July 2025
Public opinion on climate change (redirect from Public perceptions of climate change)
evidence about the actual impact of risk perception on agents’ climate response. Rather, a no-direct perception-response link with the mediation and...
147 KB (16,634 words) - 11:14, 29 July 2025
tobacco consumption and high perception of susceptibility to cardiovascular disease did not plan to mitigate those risks and refrained from seeking health...
11 KB (1,490 words) - 16:54, 11 January 2024
thesis titled "The social-psychological determinants of climate change risk perceptions, intentions and behaviours: a national study", and completed a postdoctoral...
15 KB (1,360 words) - 18:51, 25 May 2025
Degraft-Johnson (2004). "Factors Associated with HIV/AIDS Knowledge and Risk Perception in Rural Malawi". AIDS and Behavior. 8 (2): 131–40. doi:10.1023/b:aibe...
40 KB (5,120 words) - 14:00, 25 May 2025