Risk perception in tourism refers to the subjective evaluation by travellers of potential hazards—ranging from health threats and natural disasters to political unrest and terrorism—and the extent to ...

Research from Associate Professor of Medical and Linguistic Anthropology T.S. Harvey demonstrates how a disease's name can have a significant impact on the public's perception, attitude and behavior ...

The failure of so many polls to predict the outcomes and margins of the last two presidential elections underscores the maddening challenge faced by social scientists who try to predict actual ...

Attitudes in psychology are powerful sets of emotions and beliefs that directly influence human behavior. These attitudes can form through experiences, education, and social influences, and they play ...

How is it that two people can see the same thing and have a completely different understanding of what happened? Two leaders can look at the same numbers, hear the same news or face the same challenge ...