Cognitive Processes and Societal Risk Taking

Abstract

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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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 23, 1975
Accession Number
ADA014129

Entities

People

  • Baruch Fischhoff
  • Paul Slovic
  • Sarah Lichtenstein

Organizations

  • Oregon Research Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Applied Psychology
  • Biomedical Research
  • Cognition
  • Flood Control
  • Floods
  • Geography
  • Human Behavior
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Research
  • Nuclear Energy
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Public Policy
  • Reasoning
  • Thinking
  • Urban Areas

Readers

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