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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815923803321

Autore

Nickerson Raymond S

Titolo

Psychology and environmental change / / Raymond S. Nickerson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mahwah, N.J., : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, 2003

ISBN

1-135-63890-X

1-282-32643-0

1-283-58495-6

9786612326431

9786613897404

1-135-63891-8

1-4106-0631-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Disciplina

155.9/1

Soggetti

Environmental psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-287) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; CHAPTER 1 Introduction; CHAPTER 2 The Problem; CHAPTER 3 Behavior as a Cause of Environmental Change; CHAPTER 4 Attitude Assessment and Change; CHAPTER 5 Changing Behavior; CHAPTER 6 Technology Enhancement; CHAPTER 7 Substituting Resource-Light for Resource-Heavy Technologies; CHAPTER 8 Artifact Design and Evaluation; CHAPTER 9 Consumption, Consumerism, and Environmental Economics; CHAPTER 10 Risk and the Psycnology of Prevention; CHAPTER 11 Cost-Benefit and Trade-Off Analyses; CHAPTER 12 Competition, Cooperation, Negotiation and Policymaking

CHAPTER 13 Concluding CommentsReferences; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book stimulates thinking on the topic of detrimental environmental change and how research psychologists can help to address the problem. In addition to reporting environmentally relevant psychological research, the author identifies the most pressing questions from an environmental point of view. Psychology and Environmental Change:  *focuses on ways in which human behavior



contributes to the problem; *deals with the assessment and change of attitudes and with studies of change of behavior; *proposes ways in which psychological research can contribute to making technol