Paul Slovic is a professor of psychology

Psychology

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 at the University of Oregon

University of Oregon

-Colleges and schools:The University of Oregon is organized into eight schools and colleges—six professional schools and colleges, an Arts and Sciences College and an Honors College.- School of Architecture and Allied Arts :...

 and the president of the Decision Research group. He earned his Ph.D.

Doctor of Philosophy

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 in psychology at the University of Michigan

University of Michigan

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 in 1964.

Slovic has studied psychological heuristic

Heuristic

Heuristic refers to experience-based techniques for problem solving, learning, and discovery. Heuristic methods are used to speed up the process of finding a satisfactory solution, where an exhaustive search is impractical...

s with frequent coauthors Daniel Kahneman

Daniel Kahneman

Daniel Kahneman is an Israeli-American psychologist and Nobel laureate. He is notable for his work on the psychology of judgment and decision-making, behavioral economics and hedonic psychology....

, Amos Tversky

Amos Tversky

Amos Nathan Tversky, was a cognitive and mathematical psychologist, a pioneer of cognitive science, a longtime collaborator of Daniel Kahneman, and a key figure in the discovery of systematic human cognitive bias and handling of risk. Much of his early work concerned the foundations of measurement...

 and Thomas Gilovich

Thomas Gilovich

Thomas D. Gilovich is a professor of psychology at Cornell University who has researched decision making and behavioral economics and has written popular books on said subjects. He has collaborated with Daniel Kahneman, Lee Ross and Amos Tversky....

, and first theorized the affect heuristic

Affect heuristic

The affect heuristic is a heuristic in which current affect influences decisions. Simply put, it is a "rule of thumb" instead of a deliberative decision...

. He is considered, with Baruch Fischhoff, a leading theorist and researcher in the risk perception

Risk perception

Risk perception is the subjective judgment that people make about the characteristics and severity of a risk. The phrase is most commonly used in reference to natural hazards and threats to the environment or health, such as nuclear power. Several theories have been proposed to explain why...

 field (psychometric paradigm).

External links

• Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
• Decision Research profile of Slovic
• Whole Terrain link to Slovic's articles published in Whole Terrain
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