1 - Understanding Risk Perception
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Practice Questions
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What is risk perception?
💡 Hint: Think about how you personally assess danger in daily life.
How does personal control influence risk perception?
💡 Hint: Consider situations you feel you can handle versus those you can't.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What influences risk perception significantly?
💡 Hint: Consider whom you trust for important information.
True or False: Low probability, high consequence events are often viewed as less risky than high probability events.
💡 Hint: Think about how often you prepare for unlikely disasters.
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Challenge Problems
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Formulate a risk communication strategy for a community prone to both frequent floods and occasional earthquakes. How would you prioritize these risks?
💡 Hint: Think about audience engagement and the importance of credibility.
Analyze a recent media story regarding a natural disaster. How did the media's portrayal influence public perceptions of risk associated with that disaster?
💡 Hint: Reflect on the emotional impact of the visuals used in the reporting.
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