Results of a comparative survey on the psychological perception of technology and risk

Abstract

Our survey was aimed to combine two methodological approaches (object perception and attitude theory of the Institut of Perceptronics in Oregon and the IAEA Risk Assessment Group in Vienna to analyse risk perception and develop a methodology of measur ing attitudes toward technologies. The results of psycological experiments in the field of isolating relevant factors of intuitive risk assessment as well as demographic surveys of the belief structure on risk surces and in particular on energy systems can be presented in such a way that direct comparison with the data of the IAEA and oregon studies is possible.