Our tendency to avoid situations in which many people may be killed while simultaneously being relatively impervious to risky situations in which deaths are more spread out is called

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The described tendency is known as "dread risk," the fear of catastrophic events that could result in many deaths, which people tend to avoid. However, people tend to be less sensitive to risky situations with a lower probability of a catastrophic outcome, even if those situations may lead to many deaths in aggregate (i.e., spread out over time and space). Therefore, dread risk is the most appropriate term to describe this phenomenon. The other options, anchoring, fatality fear, and fatal risk assessment, are not related to this concept.

Our Tendency to Avoid Situations in Which Many People May