Slovic, Paul

Slovic, Paul, Baruch Fischhoff and Sarah Lichtenstein. (1978). "Accident probabilities and seat-belt usage a psychological perspective." Accident Analysis and Prevention, vol. 10(4), pp. 281-285. 

Slovic, Paul, Baruch Fischoffand Sarah Lichtenstein. (1980). "Facts and fears understanding perceived risk." In Richard Schwing and Walter A. Albers (eds.). Societal Risk Assessment How Safe is Safe Enough New York Plenum. 

Slovic, Paul, Baruch Fischoff and Sarah Lichtenstein. (1985). "Characterizingperceived risk." In Robert W. Kates, Christoph Hohenemser and Jeanne X. Kasperson (eds.). Perilous Progress Managing the Hazardous of Technology. Boulder, CO Westview. 

Covello, Vincent T., Peter M. Sandman, and Paul Slovic, Risk Communication, Risk Statistics, and Risk Comparisons A Manual for Plant Managers, Chemical Manufacturers Association, Washington, DC, 1988. 

Bruce A. Napier Carl J. Paperiello Ronald C. Petersen R. Julian Preston Jerome S. Puskin Marvin Rosenstein Lawrence N. Rothenberg Henry D. Royal Michael T. Ryan Jonathan M. Samet Stephen M. Seltzer Roy E. Shore Edward A. Sickles David H. Sliney Paul Slovic Daniel J. Strom Louise C. Strong Thomas S. Tenforde Lawrence W. Townsend Lois B. Travis Robert L. Ullrich Richard J. Vetter Daniel Wartenberg David A Weber F. Ward Whicker Chris G. Whipple J. Frank Wilson Susan D. Wiltshire Marco Zaider Pasquale Zanzonico Marvin C. Ziskin... 

See also Acceptable Risk (Branch Fischoff, Sarah Lichtenstein, Paul Slovic, Stephen L. Denby, and Ralph L. Kenney, Cambridge University Press, New York, 1989) for information on and insights into the problems of risk perception. 

When a person faces danger, signals from the higher centers of the brain pump adrenaline, the hormone of stress, into the circulating blood. There are two systems for analyzing risk an automatic, intuitive system and a more thoughtM analysis (Paul Slovic, University of Oregon). After a few seconds, the rational response follows the... 

The researchers of the University of Oregon, including Baruch Fischhoff, Paul Slovic and Sarah Lichtenstein recognize the importance of Chauncey Starr s works, but are aware of their inherent limits. In order to elaborate a predictive theory of risk perception, they develop the expressed preferences method. Their work, presented in How safe is safe enough , Rating the risks and Facts and fears , constitutes a radical shift in the way to approach risk perception (Fischhoff 1978, Slovic 1979, 1980). Indeed, based on questionnaires - thus on direct interaction with the public, allowed to express their preferences -, these works analyse the influence of benefits and of qualitative risk characteristics on risk perception. 

Combs, Baibara, and Paul Slovic. (1979). "Newspaper coverage of causes of death." Journalism Quarterly, vol. 56(4), pp. 837-843, 849. 

Fischoff, Baruch, Paul Slovic, Sarah Lichtenstein, Stephen Reid, and Barbara Combs. (1978). "How safe is safe enough A psychometric study of attitudes towards technological risks and benefits." Policy Sciences, vol. 9, pp. 127-152. 

Lichtenstein, Sarah, Paul Slovic, Baruch Fischhoff, Mark Layman and Barbara Combs. (1978). "Judged frequency of lethal events." Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Learning and Memory, vol. 4(6), pp. 551-578. 

A summary and interpretation of the evidence is found in the criticism of risk homeostasis by Paul Slovic and Baruch Fischhoff Targeting Risks Risk Analysis 2, 4 (1982) Tll-TM. Nearly all social scientists study human behavior of course, Behavioral describes a particular psychological approach which differs from others such as sodal learning theory. Behavioral appears to be a school of thought in psychology just as monetarist describes a school of thought in economics. 

Daniel Kahneman, Paul Slovic, and Amos Tversky, eds.. Judgment under Uncertainty Heuristics and Biases (Cambridge Cambridge University Press, 1982). 

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