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The Greening of High Tech

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Olson, R. L. (1991). The greening of high tech. The Futurist, May-June, 28-34.

Participation in Household Weatherization Programs

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Olsen, M. E. (1985). Participation in household weatherization programs. Marriage and Family Review, 9, 1-2, 151-173.
Contends, on the basis of research findings, that grant programs appear to be more acceptable to many households than are no-interest loan programs for promoting household weather…

Educating a Constituency for the Long Haul

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Orr, D. W. (1993). Educating a constituency for the long haul. On the Horizon, October, 1,2,5.

Energy Conservation by Industrial and Commercial Users: Two Surveys

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Oskamp, S. (1981). Energy conservation by industrial and commercial users: Two surveys. Journal of Environmental Systems, 10, 3, 201-213.
Industrial and commercial energy consumption is about 55 per cent of the U. S. total, but conservation efforts in those sectors have rarely been studied, and there are widely conf…

Public Acceptance of Consumer Energy Conservation Strategies

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Olsen, M. E. (1983). Public acceptance of consumer energy conservation strategies. Journal of Economic Psychology, 4, 1-2, 183-196.
Investigated 6 alternative strategies for promoting energy conservation: financial incentives, community programs, efficiency standards, land-use changes, consumption limits, and …

Psychology's Role in the Conserving Society

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Oskamp, S. (1983). Psychology's role in the conserving society. Population and Environment Behavioral and Social Issues, 6, 4, 255-293.
Reviews the literature on areas of progress in the environmental problems that affect people's lives and behaviors. It is suggested that psychologists and other social scientists …

Anxiety, Locus of Control and Appraisal of Air Pollution

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Navarro, P. L., Simpson, H. P., & de-Man, A. F. (1987). Anxiety, locus of control and appraisal of air pollution. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 64, 3, Pt 1, 811-814.
Studied the relationship among locus of control (LOC (Rotter's Internal-External Locus of Control Scale)), trait anxiety (TA (Speilberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory)), and perc…

Implications of Attitude and Behavior Research for Environmental Conservation

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Newhouse, N. (1990). Implications of attitude and behavior research for environmental conservation. Journal of Environmental Education, 22, 1, 26-32.
Discusses the difficulties of changing both behavior and motivations to generate more environmentally responsible behavior from people. The study of attitude and behavior suggests…

Psychological Factors Affecting Paper Recycling by Businesses

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Oskamp, S., Williams, R., Unipan, J., Steers, N., Mainieri, T., & Kurland, G. (1994). Psychological factors affecting paper recycling by businesses. Environment and Behavior, 26, 4, 477-503.
Representatives of 92 major companies in Los Angeles County, California were interviewed on 8 practices: separating types of paper, using desktop recycling containers, using large…

Determinants and Distinguishing Variables of Pro-Disarmament Behavior and Responsible Environmental Behavior

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Nemiroff, L. S., & McKenzie-Mohr, D. (1992). Determinants and distinguishing variables of pro-disarmament behavior and responsible environmental behavior.. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 7, 1, 1-24.
Examined why people do not engage in behavior congruent with their attitudes toward the nuclear arms race while clearly demonstrating attitude-behavior congruence with regard to e…
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