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Risk compensation postulates that everyone has a ""risk thermostat"" and that safety measures that do not affect the setting of the thermostat will be circumvented by behaviour that re-establishes the level of risk with which people were originally comfortable. It explains why, f...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London [England] ; Bristol, PA :
UCL Press,
©1995 (1998 printing)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Risk compensation postulates that everyone has a ""risk thermostat"" and that safety measures that do not affect the setting of the thermostat will be circumvented by behaviour that re-establishes the level of risk with which people were originally comfortable. It explains why, for example, motorists drive faster after a bend in the road is straightened. Cultural theory explains risk-taking behaviour by the operation of cultural filters. It postulates that behaviour is governed by the probable costs and benefits of alternative courses of action which are perceived through filters formed from |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 228 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-223) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203498968 9780203498965 6610406650 9781857280678 1857280679 9781857280685 1857280687 9786610406654 1135371156 9781135371159 1280406658 9781280406652 |