lecutre 11 Flashcards
experts
focus on likeleyhood
laypeople
focus on outcomes dont care about likleyhoods
who do policy makers listen to
laypeople vote for the people that make thear fears less
psychometrics
how people precive risk
level of harm done
if the harm is big people fear it more
type of harm
we dont like grusome deaths
level of control
we overestimate our own ability we like it when we are in control
level of voluntarienes
we like to choose our own risk
level of loss gain
potentail win outweighs the risk
causes and sources
man made risk we dislike more than natural disasters
knowledge and awareness
the less we know the less we worry about it
new techology often generates fear
harm to whom
i like risks more that dont happen to me
non acceptance
we dont like the precautions
risk homestasis
we balance risk so when whe wear a seatbelt we drive faster
motivation
generating safe habits is sometimes dificult and we need to keep doing it
no visible glory
when you do wel you dont get a positive outcome
learning
when stuff goes right you dont know it if you didnt assume there was a threat
security gets int the way
sometimes security mesuers are in the way of the shit that needs to be done
what is the The risk gelation reflex
when a higher goverment over reacts to a risk that they dont get the blame of
societal level of risk
how groops precibe risk
if we thing that the risk is real the consequences are real
what are the four parts of the sarf process
the risk, amplification an attenuation, ripple effect, impacts
risk
thear is a risk with the elements
Amplification and attenuation
○ People start communicating about the risk
○ Different groups with different wants and needs start to talk about the risk
○ Most of the time they are not the one affected by the risk
○ They are transmitters
Ripple effect
○ People directly affected
The risk influence others
- Long term impacts
○ How does it influence policy
§ Like trust in governance goes down
§ Economic crash
