A person may not heed a warning for a number of reasons. Not everyone who appears to have ignored a warning actually did.
Parameters:
(1) warning delivered
(2) warning perceived
(3) warning understood
(4) appropriate action taken
|
Delivered |
Perceived |
Understood |
Appropriate Action Taken |
Assessment |
|
No |
NA |
NA |
NA |
delivery failure |
|
Yes |
No |
NA |
NA |
perception failure |
|
Yes |
Yes |
No |
NA |
understanding failure |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No or action misunderstood |
action failure |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
intended response |
Failure to perceive a warning is often due to some barrier such as visual impairment, language, comprehension, etc (see previous section).
True failure to understand the warning and it significance:
(1) denial that a risk or threat exists
(2) belief of personal ability to avoid the threat
(3) busy doing something else and did not want to stop
(4) assumption that it is a false alarm
(5) misunderstood the meaning (not quite sure what it meant)
Action not taken or action misunderstood
(1) response misinterpreted as a failure to heed
(2) unable to respond due to illness, sleep, medication, etc
(3) response inappropriate
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