1.3 - Attitudes Toward Risk
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Practice Questions
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What do individualists fear about risk management?
💡 Hint: Think about personal freedoms in a marketplace.
Name one characteristic of fatalists.
💡 Hint: Consider a perspective of acceptance.
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What is the primary concern for individualists regarding risk management?
💡 Hint: Think about personal liberties.
Are hierarchists concerned about risk disrupting social rankings?
💡 Hint: Consider the definition of hierarchism.
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Consider a new nuclear power plant proposal in a community. Discuss how different cultural attitudes toward risk (individualists, egalitarians, hierarchists, fatalists) might affect public opinion and decision-making.
💡 Hint: Reflect on how each group's perspective influences their stance.
Analyze how the polythetic concept of risk can influence policy-making in environmental management. Provide examples of how different community perspectives could lead to varying policy approaches.
💡 Hint: Think about how perceptions shape collective versus individual interests.
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