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Risk perception
A compact thinking tool for spotting patterns and avoiding mistakes.
The useful idea
- The useful idea
Risk perception is the subjective judgement that people make about the characteristics and severity of a risk.
- How it works
Risk perceptions often differ from statistical assessments of risk since they are affected by a wide range of affective (emotions, feelings, moods, etc.), cognitive (gravity of events, media coverage,
- Why it matters
risk-mitigating measures, etc.), contextual (framing of risk information, availability of alternative information sources, etc.), and individual (personality traits, previous experience, age, etc.)
Why this matters
Use Risk perception as a quick check before trusting your first conclusion.
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Use Risk perception as a quick check before trusting your first conclusion.
Test your recall
Which idea belongs to the explanation of Risk perception?
- How it works
- The useful idea — correct
- Why it matters
Risk perception is the subjective judgement that people make about the characteristics and severity of a risk.