THE PSYCHOLOGY OF RISK by Glynis M. Breakwell ( 9781107602700 )

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Title:

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF RISK

By:

Glynis M. Breakwell

Format:

Paperback

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110760270X

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Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

15 September, 2014

Edition:

2nd Revised edition

Pages:

380

Description:

This second edition explores the psychology of risk, examining how individuals think, feel and act.

Synopsis:

Since the first edition of The Psychology of Risk there have been enormous macro-economic and socio-political changes globally - the chaos in the world banking system and the financial crisis and recessions that it presaged; the Arab Spring and the revolutionary shifts in power in the Middle East with rippled consequences around the world; the development of ever-more sophisticated cyber-terrorism that can strike the private individual or the nation state with equal ease. Amidst these changes in the face of hazard, do the psychological models built to explain human reactions to risk still apply? Has the research over the last few years resulted in an improvement in our understanding of how people perceive and act in relation to risk? In this second edition Professor Dame Breakwell uses illustrations and current examples to address these questions and provide a totally up-to-the minute review of what is known about the psychology of risk.

Illustrations:

18 b/w illus.

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Imprint:

Cambridge University Press

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