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1981
Bar-Hillel, M & Fischhoff, B. (1981). When do base rates affect predictions? Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology, 41, 671-680.
Distinguished Scientific Awards for Early Career Contribution to Psychology: 1980. (1981).
Baruch Fischhoff. American Psychologist, 36, 74-78.
Fischhoff, B. (1981). Can any assertions about behavior be empirically demonstrated?
Response to J. Cohen, "Can human irrationality be empirically demonstrated?" Behavioral and
Brain Sciences, 4, 336-337.
Fischhoff, B. (1981). Hot air: The psychology of CO 2 -induced climatic change. In J. Harvey
(ed.), Cognition, social behavior and the environment (pp. 163-184). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
Fischhoff, B. (1981). Inferential interference. Review of Human inference: Strategies and
shortcomings of social judgment, by R. Nisbett & L. Ross. Contemporary Psychology, 26, 901-
903.
Fischhoff, B. (1981). No man is a discipline. In J. Harvey (ed.), Cognition, social behavior and
the environment (pp. 579-583). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
Fischhoff, B., Slovic, P. & Lichtenstein, S. (1981). Lay foibles and expert fables in judgments
about risk. In T. O'Riordan & R.K. Turner (eds.), Progress in resource management and
environmental planning, Vol. 3, (pp. 161-202). Chichester, UK: Wiley. Reprinted in American
Statistician, 1982, 36, 240-255; Report of Scandinavian Cooperative Risk Analysis Project.
Stockholm, Sweden: Nordforsk, 1983.
Fischhoff, B. & Whipple. C. (1981). Assessing health risks associated with ambient air quality
standards. Report to U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards. Reprinted in Environmental Professional, 3(3), 277-291; Human reliability in complex
technical systems. Stockholm, Sweden: Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering, 1983.
Slovic, P., Fischhoff, B. & Lichtenstein, S. (1981). Perceived risk: Psychological factors and
social implications. In F. Warner and D.H. Slater (eds.), The assessment and perception of risk
(pp. 17-34). London: The Royal Society.
Slovic, P., Fischhoff, B. & Lichtenstein, S. (1981). Perception and acceptability of risk from
energy systems. In A. Baum & J. Singer (eds.), Advances in environmental psychology, 3 (pp.
157-169). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. Reprinted in W.R. Freudenburg & E.A. Rosa (eds.), Public
reactions to nuclear power: Are there critical masses? Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1984
1982
Fischhoff, B. (1982). Debiasing. In D. Kahneman, P. Slovic, & A. Tversky (eds.), Judgment
under uncertainty: Heuristics and biases (pp. 422-444). New York: Cambridge University Press.
Fischhoff, B. (1982). Judging probabilities. Priority mechanisms for toxic chemicals.
Washington, DC: National Research Council.