Abstract

LIMA, Maria Luísa; VINAGRE, Graça  and  SILVA, Sílvia. Nothing ventured, nothing gained?: Psycology and research on behavous towards risk. Psicologia [online]. 2003, vol.17, n.2, pp.497-505. ISSN 0874-2049.

We live in a world where the risks we take have huge media coverage. This paper presents some of the paths that Psychology has created to study the way we think about risk and how we face it. After a brief introduction on the psychological approach to risk perception, some studies conducted in Portugal will be summarized. These studies analyze risks which are usually underestimated (home injuries or work accidents) but also risks that are usually considered as dread (incineration).

Keywords : Percepção de riscos.

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