Are people acting irrationally?

Are people acting irrationally?

Increasingly, public perceptions of risk and fear of cancer are influencing the development of environmental policy, fears which have been regarded by policymakers as irrational. Ways in which psychological research can be used to understand the public's concerns about environmental threats are...

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Veröffentlicht in:The American psychologist 1993-06, Vol.48 (6), p.681
Hauptverfasser: Wandersman, Abraham H, Hallman, William K
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Cancer
Environmental policy
Perceptions
Psychology
Social research
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Zusammenfassung:Increasingly, public perceptions of risk and fear of cancer are influencing the development of environmental policy, fears which have been regarded by policymakers as irrational. Ways in which psychological research can be used to understand the public's concerns about environmental threats are described, and the "irrationality" of these concerns are discussed.
ISSN:0003-066X
1935-990X