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Example of Survey Research: Emotion and Risk Perception

Following the September 11 terrorist attacks, researchers demonstrated the utility of survey research in psychology by conducting a large-scale internet survey on risk perception. The survey results indicated that participants generally tended to overestimate most risks, that females overestimated risks more than males, and that there were no differences in risk perception between teens and adults. To test their specific hypotheses about emotion, the researchers also incorporated an experimental manipulation within the survey by priming participants to feel either anger or fear. This revealed that risk perceptions are strongly tied to specific emotions; notably, individuals primed to feel anger perceived significantly less risk than those primed to feel fear.

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