When consumers also
misperceive risk, the problem becomes even more complicated because, while efficient self-selection requires consumers to bear their own harm, accurate signaling of risk requires that firms bear full liability (assuming that firms have better information about product risk than consumers).
For if the BIS
misperceives the nature of the trade-off, so too, in a different way, does the Fed.
For example, naive realism predicts that rival groups
misperceive conflict equally for issues that are important and less important to one's own social group.
But the cigarettes may actually be alleviating withdrawal symptoms, including irritability, anxiety and depression, which smokers
misperceive as improving mood, the researchers said.
Accordingly, when Washington acts as though adversaries are our "mirror images," we not only
misperceive what we are dealing with, we are potentially endangering ourselves.
While America may largely
misperceive Africa as a disaster zone, China does get the promise on the continent.
Those who were overweight or obese were even more likely than those of normal weight to
misperceive their weight status.
"We found that people who watch these programs regularly are more likely to overestimate the frequency of serious crimes,
misperceive important facts about crime, and misjudge the number of workers in the judicial system."
Psychologist and one of the course trainers, Kathy Jackson, believes health practitioners need a broad understanding of cultural differences if they are not to
misperceive symptoms and misdiagnose illness.
I think it has been very possible for publics on both sides to
misperceive comments from leaders.
As Larry Bartels points out, partisanship is a shortcut that we use in our voting decisions, but many voters
misperceive what the parties represent.
Interaction design requires attention and focus as you design, develop, and write in an online format that can make the intended audience
misperceive your message.
The social, behavioral, and economic (SBE) sciences contribute penetrating insights on such issues as the causes and consequences of conflict, how individuals and groups perceive and
misperceive hazards, how they understand or misunderstand the risks they run in their daily lives, and how they organize and structure their interactions and transactions.
(9) Parents who allow their children to own these guns appear to
misperceive their potential for injury.
He begins to
misperceive his mother as a tart like one who frequents Dad's favorite pub.
