Environmental Psychology 2

What is the interplay between knowledge, perceived efficacy and environmental concern

one year longitudinal study by milfont

Strategies for successful resourse management: Four core psychological motives

Understanding is increased

Belonging is increased

Trusting

Self-enhancing

Psychological distance

Evan, Milfont, Lawrence (local adaptation)

system justification

Experiment considering system justification

Moral roots of environmental attitudes

Normative Social influence

Examples of social norms (social validation)

Latane and Darley experiment

Social norms guide our actions as well as our non-actions

Cialdini, Kallgren and Reno

Descriptive norms

injunctive norms

Schultz, Khazian and Zaleski

Stern, Dietz and Guagnano (1995) and Cameron (2002)
Complex socio-political constraints also influence our decision-making process