TY - CHAP AB - This paper offers a conceptual overview of relationships between the field of risk perception and two other distinct fields of inquiry: the social psychology of attitudes and decisions and research on complex systems, including connectionist simulations of cognitive and social processes. A key notion that unites these approaches is that risk perceptions, as a special case of social attitudes, are organized structures, built upon previous learning, that resist change and guide the interpretation of new information. I argue that many of the principles invoked to explain the performance of complex social systems are applicable to the belief systems of single individuals and vice versa. VL - 9 SN - 978-0-76230-806-4, 978-1-84950-114-9/0196-1152 DO - 10.1016/S0196-1152(01)80026-0 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0196-1152(01)80026-0 AU - Eiser J. Richard ED - Gisela Böm ED - Josef Nerb ED - Timothy McDaniels ED - Hans Spada PY - 2001 Y1 - 2001/01/01 TI - Attitudes, decisions and perceptions of risk: A social psychological analysis T2 - Environmental Risks: Perception, Evaluation and Management T3 - Research in Social Problems and Public Policy PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 109 EP - 135 Y2 - 2024/03/28 ER -