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7 Cards in this Set
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Hazard
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An object, condition, or process that threatens individuals and society in terms of production or reproduction
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Risk
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The known (or estimated) probability that a hazard-related decision will have a negative consequence
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Uncertainty
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The degree to which the outcomes of a decision or situation are unknown
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Risk Perception
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A phenomenon, and related field of study, describing the tendency of people to evaluate the hazardousness of a situation or decision in not-always-rational terms, depending on individual biases, culture, or human tendencies
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Affect
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Emotions and unconscious responses to the world that influence decision-making
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Cultural Theory
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A theoretical framework associated with anthropologist Mary Douglas that stresses the way individual perceptions (of risk, for example) are reinforced by group social dynamics, leading to a few paradigmatic, typical, and discrete ways of seeing and addressing problems
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Externality
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The spillover of a cost or benefit, as where industrial activity at a plant leads to pollution off-site that must be paid for by someone else.
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