The inhibitory effect of numeracy on affect heuristic in food risk perception
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- Ikawa Miho
- Kyoto University
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- Kusumi Takashi
- Kyoto University
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- Other Title
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- 食品リスク認知の感情ヒューリスティックに及ぼすニューメラシーの抑制効果
- ショクヒン リスク ニンチ ノ カンジョウ ヒューリスティック ニ オヨボス ニューメラシー ノ ヨクセイ コウカ
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Abstract
<p>The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of numeracy on risk and benefit perceptions of food. Previous studies have shown that people tend to rely on affect feelings when appraising risk and benefit. These studies have also shown that people manifest an inverse relationship between perceived risk and benefit. However, there have not been so many studies about the roles of numeracy and critical thinking on balanced perceptions of risk and benefit. Therefore, the present study used two online surveys to clarify their roles. Results showed that people with higher numeracy had better comprehension of food risk/benefit information. Results also showed that perceived risk and benefit had a positive correlation for people with higher numeracy after information had been provided. These results were similar between Study 1 on coffee (N = 461) and Study 2 on red and processed meat (N = 496). The results suggest that people with higher numeracy have balanced perceptions of food risk/benefit, relying more on numerical information than on affect.</p>
Journal
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- The Japanese journal of psychology
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The Japanese journal of psychology 89 (4), 367-375, 2018
The Japanese Psychological Association
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390282763060398208
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- NII Article ID
- 120006537099
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- NII Book ID
- AN00123620
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- ISSN
- 18841082
- 00215236
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- HANDLE
- 2433/235026
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- NDL BIB ID
- 029294994
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
- IRDB
- NDL
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