Actual Risk and Perceived Risk: Implications for Teaching Judgement and Decision-Making to Leaders.

Autor/in	Guthrie, Steven P.
Titel	Actual Risk and Perceived Risk: Implications for Teaching Judgement and Decision-Making to Leaders.
Quelle	(1997), (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Accident Prevention; Adventure Education; Beliefs; Decision Making; Evaluative Thinking; Experiential Learning; Fear; Group Dynamics; Misconceptions; Outdoor Activities; Risk; Risk Management; Safety + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Accident statistics; Unfall; Statistik; Unfallstatistik; Adventure pedagogics; Abenteuerpädagogik; Erlebnispädagogik; Belief; Glaube; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Furcht; Gruppendynamik; Missverständnis; Risiko; Risikomanagement; Sicherheit
Abstract	This paper begins by presenting three tests, which are included in the appendix, of one's awareness of physical risks. This exercise leads to a discussion of the differences between actual and perceived risk, why people participate in outdoor activities, and the inaccurate perception of actual risks. Complicating the issue of accurately perceiving physical risks are sociological, psychological, and physiological factors that affect judgment and decision making in the field. These factors and their effects are discussed. If participants fail to perceive the risks in an activity, they are less likely to take adequate precautions. In addition, liability issues surround the "voluntary assumption of risk." Furthermore, if leaders or participants have an inaccurate perception of risk, they obviously cannot make-high quality decisions. "Common sense" is a learned skill, therefore it is not common among beginners. Educators and leaders should not rely upon common sense but should teach and employ "good sense." Teaching judgment, decision making, and good sense requires teaching an accurate perception of risks. Good judgment and decision making require that leaders be aware of, and adjust for, the ways beginners perceive risks differently from experienced participants and that they factor in the sociological, psychological, and physiological factors affecting judgment. Contains 15 references. (TD)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC