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Accident proneness research in the occurrence, causation, and prevention of road accidents,

Accident Proneness: Research in the Occurrence, Causation, and Prevention of Road Accidents deals with concept of accident proneness. The concept has had a checkered career, from the early British work whose high scientific standard has been universally acknowledged, through a period when the concep...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Shaw, Lynette, Sichel, Herbert S. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford, New York, Pergamon Press [1971]
Edición:[1st ed.].
Colección:International series in experimental psychology ; v. 11.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; Accident Proneness: Research in the Occurrence, Causation, and Prevention of Road Accidents; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; SECTION I: THE VALIDITY AND USEFULNESS OF THE CONCEPT OF ACCIDENT PRONENESS; CHAPTER 1. ACCIDENT PRONENESSF-ACT AND FICTION; CHAPTER 2. METHODS AND APPROACHES; The Statistical Approach; The Psychological Approach; CHAPTER 3. BEGINNINGS OF EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; CHAPTER 4. DEVELOPMENT OF PRE-WAR RESEARCH; ""DESCRIPTION OF FINDINGS ON CASE NO. 28; CHAPTER 5. EARLY POST-WAR RESEARCH
  • ""(A) DRIVER SELECTION BY COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATIONS�(b) GENERAL DRIVING POPULATION; CHAPTER 6. FINLAND'S CONTRIBUTION; CHAPTER 7. YOUTH AND THE AUTOMOBILE IN AMERICA; CHAPTER 8. RESEARCH ON ADULT DRIVERS; ""THE GENERAL BACKGROUND OF THE RESEARCH PROJECT ON ROAD ACCIDENTS; ""THE RESEARCH PROJECT; ""THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF THIS PART OF THE RESEARCH PROJECT; ""RESULTS OF THE PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ACCIDENT RESEARCH PROJECT; ""DISCUSSION; CHAPTER 9. EUROPEAN RESEARCH; 1. The Schizoid Personality; 2. The Predominantly Depressive Personality; 3. The Compulsive Personality
  • 4. The Hysteroid PersonalityCHAPTER 10. THE PENDULUM STARTS TO SWING; CHAPTER 11. ERA OF DOUBT; CHAPTER 13. CURRENT VIEWS ON ACCIDENT PRONENESS; Present Thinking on Accident Proneness; Epilogue to an Earlier Publication on Accident Proneness; Comments on Accident Theory; Driver Research in West Germany; Brief Summary of the Main Points of View in Present-day German Traffic Psychology; Deficient and Constructive Human Factors in Road Traffic; A Position Paper on Accident Proneness and Driver-oriented Safety Models; CHAPTER 14. THE CALIFORNIA DRIVER RECORD STUDY
  • The Correlation Between Accident Occurrence in One Period and AnotherThe Stability of Accident Rates as Shown by Relative Rates in Subsequent Periods; The Effect of Removing the Worst Accident Offenders on Subsequent Accident Rates; The Effect of Removing the Men with a High Accident Rate in Their First Year of Driving; The Significance of a High Accident Rate in Any Year of a Driver's Career; CHAPTER 16. PREDICTING ACCIDENT POTENTIAL; 1. The Experimental Validation; 2. The First Follow-up Study; 3. The Second Follow-up Study; CHAPTER 17. ACCIDENTS AND PERSONALITY; The Bad Accident Risk
  • The Poor Accident RiskThe Borderline Risk; The Fair Accident Risk; The Good Accident Risk; The Good Accident Risk; The Currently Fair Risk who Should Improve to Good; The Person who Is Likely to Remain only a Fair Risk; The Person who Is Currently a Poor Risk but Could Improve Later; The Poor Accident Risk; The Person who Is Currently a Bad Accident Risk but who Could Improve Later; The Bad Accident Risk; The Chronic Minor Accident Risk; The People who Are Dangerous Accident Risks; The Good Risk who Is Likely to Deteriorate; Drivers who Had Received Psychiatric Treatment