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The psychology of risk /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Breakwell, Glynis M. (Glynis Marie)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Risk-taking (Psychology)
Risk-taking (Psychology) > Social aspects.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. A social psychological framework for analysing risk
  • 2. Hazard perception
  • 3. Individual and group differences in risk perception
  • 4. Decision-making about risks
  • 5. Risk and emotion
  • 6. Risk communication
  • 7. Errors and accidents; emergencies and disasters
  • 8. Risk management; risk in complex systems
  • 9. Social amplification, social representations and identity processes
  • 10. Changing risk reactions: lessons from the psychology of risk.