APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
Sensitivity to Probabilities and Emotional Reactivity Predict Responses to Mass Shooting
- Heather Lacey
Bryant University - Steven Lacey
Boston College - Dana Blasi
Bryant University - Kathleen Everson
Bryant University - Kristin Mahan
Bryant University - Rachel Miller
Bryant University
Abstract
Dangers that are vivid, such as mass shootings, can elicit substantial worry even when they are statistically rare. We report a new method for measuring individuals’ sensitivity to probabilities and emotional reactivity to possible but improbable events, and use these measures to predict emotional and behavioral responses to mass shootings.
Judgment and Decision Making
