GEO 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Stomach Cancer, Risk Perception, 100-Year Flood
17 Feb 2015
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Lung cancer and smoking little connection. 100 year flood: league of women who had common alliance (armature, experts (scientists, researches, who understood risk assessment) Over the long run that particular flood will occur every 100 year on avg. Threat to unborn child form the jackhammer noise and unconcerned about the cigarette she is smoking. There tends to be a higher concern about risk that are external/ imposed / involuntary than the risk assumed by people. Jack hammer was an involuntary risk, imposed on her, vs. the voluntary risk - smoking which she is ignoring. Look at the list of common risks. Paul solvich: looks are behavior and risk associated to it, perception of risk, well known american psychologist, study - united states. Surgery, police work, and private aviation show great difference in risk perception vs. o o reality o o o. Leading cause of death in canada today is cancer.
