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The '''affect heuristic''' is a [[Mental Heuristics|mental heuristic]] in which judgments of risk and benefit are driven by the emotional valence — the "affect" — associated with the target. Introduced by Paul Slovic and colleagues as an extension of the [[Heuristics and Biases|heuristics-and-biases]] program, the affect heuristic predicts that people judge activities they feel positively about as both low-risk and high-benefit, and activities they feel negatively about as both high-risk and low-benefit, regardless of the actual statistical evidence. The effect is robust across domains, from nuclear power to vaccination to [[Genetic Engineering|genetic engineering]], and it challenges the assumption that risk perception is primarily a cognitive process. The affect heuristic is particularly relevant to understanding how [[Fear Appeal|fear appeals]] and emotional framing shape [[Public Policy|public policy]].

[[Category:Psychology]]
[[Category:Decision Making]]

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