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Target risk 2 : a new psychology of safety and health : what works? what doesn't? and why-- / by Gerald J.S. Wilde.

Title
Target risk 2 : a new psychology of safety and health : what works? what doesn't? and why-- / by Gerald J.S. Wilde.
Author
Wilde, Gerald J. S., 1932-
Publication
Toronto : PDE Publications, c2001.

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Description
ix, 255 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Alternative Title
Target risk two
Subject
  • Automobile driving > Psychological aspects
  • Conduite automobile > Aspect psychologique
  • Perception du risque
  • Risk > Sociological aspects
  • Risk perception
  • Risque > Aspect sociologique
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The concept of homeostasis -- Toward a compact theory of risk taking -- The theory of risk homeostasis -- Deductions and data -- Intervention by education -- Remedy by engineering? -- Enforcement action -- Risk homeostasis in the laboratory -- Individual differences -- Motivating for safety and health -- Further perspectives.
ISBN
0969912439
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library