At 1:55 PM -0400 8/16/99, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Okay Tipsters,
>
>Based on the excellent response to my request for recommendations for
>solid research on the Millennium Phenomena, my lecture - a work in
>progress - might be something like this:
>
>Thank you for inviting me to explain how psychology addresses the
>Millennium Phenomena.
>
>Basically, it's all in your head....
If you're determined to treat the topic seriously, you might check the
research on risk assessment (starting with Kahneman and Tversky) and the
factors determining how people under- and overestimate the likelihood of
various types of risk.
* PAUL K. BRANDON [EMAIL PROTECTED] *
* Psychology Department 507-389-6217 *
* "The University formerly known as Mankato State" *
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