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How Risky Is It, Really?: Why Our Fears Don't Always Match the Facts David Ropeik

Clear, balanced, and lively. -- Steven Pinker, bestselling author of How the Mind Works

ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE RIGHT RISKS?

Do you worry more about radiation from nuclear power or from the sun?

Are you more afraid of getting cancer than heart disease?

Are you safer talking on your cell phone or using a hands-free device when you drive?

Do you think global warming is a serious threat to your health?

GET THE FACTS BEHIND YOUR FEARS-AND DISCOVER . . .HOW RISKY IS IT, REALLY?

International risk expert David Ropeik takes an in-depth look at our perceptions of risk and explains the hidden factors that make us unnecessarily afraid of relatively small threats and not afraid enough of some really big ones. This read is a comprehensive, accessible, and entertaining mixture of what's been discovered about how and why we fear-too much or too little. It brings into focus the danger of The Perception Gap: when our fears don't match the facts, and we make choices that create additional risks.

This book will not decide for you what is really risky and what isn't. That's up to you. HOW RISKY IS IT, REALLY? will tell you how you make those decisions. Understanding how we perceive risk is the first step toward making wiser and healthier choices for ourselves as individuals and for society as a whole.

TEST YOUR OWN RISK RESPONSE IN DOZENS OF SELF-QUIZZES!

À propos de David Ropeik

David Ropeik is an international consultant and widely sought-after public speaker on risk perception and risk communication. Ropeik is an instructor at the Harvard University Extension School's Environmental Management Program and taught risk perception and risk communication at Harvard School of Public Heath (2000-2006). He was a commentator on risk for NPR Morning Edition program and has been a guest host for NPR's The Connection. He has written articles about risk perception for The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, LA Times, and The Boston Globe, and Nova among others.

Sommaire

Introduction
Chapter One - This is Your Brain on Fear: The Neuroscience of The Risk Response
Amygdala to the Rescue
The Fear Response Continues
Built-in Fears
Chapter Two - Bounded Rationality: Reason Alone Can't Keep You Safe <
Reasoning by Instinct
The Framing Effect
Categorization - The Representativeness Effect
Loss Aversion
Anchoring and Adjustment
The Ready Recall/Awareness Effect
Innumeracy
Optimism Bias
Chapter Three - Fear Factors: Why Some Threats Feel Scarier Than Others
Risk Perception Factors
Trust
Risk versus Benefit
Control
Choice
Natural versus Human-Made
Pain and Suffering
Uncertainty
Catastrophic or Chronic
Can It Happen to Me?
New or Familiar Risk
Risk to Children
Personification
Chapter Four -The Wisdom, or The Madness, of The Crowds?
A Conversation About Climate Change
Cultural Cognition
Chicken Little, Polyanna, and Other Social Forces
And That's The Way It Is
Chapter Five - Closing The Perception Gap
The Risk of Getting Risk Wrong, As Individuals
The Risk of Getting Risk Wrong, As a Society
Toward Healthy Individual Choices
Toward Healthy Choices as A Society
Conclusion
End Notes

Informations supplémentaires

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GOR003264504

ISBN 13

9780071629690

ISBN 10

0071629696

Titre

How Risky Is It, Really?: Why Our Fears Don't Always Match the Facts David Ropeik

Auteur

David Ropeik

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Éditeur

McGraw-Hill Education - Europe

Année de publication

2010-04-16

Nombre de pages

288

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N/A

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