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The Limits to Growth and the Limits of Psychology

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Stern, P. C. (1978). The limits to growth and the limits of psychology. American Psychologist, 33, 7, 701-703.
Discusses the underlying assumptions of psychological experiments designed to increase pro-environmental behavior that were presented at the 1977 American Psychological Associatio…

Living Near a Hazardous Waste Facility: Coping with Individual and Family Distress

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Unger, D. G., Wandersman, A., & Hallman, W. (1992). Living near a hazardous waste facility: Coping with individual and family distress. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 62, 1, 55-70.
Explored how living near a hazardous waste facility would be related to an individual's and a family's level of distress. 235 residents (aged 18-83 yrs) were interviewed. Living…

Energy Behavior

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Archer, D., Pettigrew, T., Costanzo, M., Iritani, B., Walker, I. & White, L. (1987). Energy conservation and public policy: The mediation of individual behavior. Energy Efficiency: Perspectives on Individual Behavior, 69-92.
Evaluates 2 schools of thought about energy conservation--the behavioral school, which calls for incentives to individuals, and the attitude change approach, which relies on infor…

The Home Power Movement: Technology, Behavior, and the Environment

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Tatum, J. S. The home power movement: Technology, behavior, and the environment. Human Dimensions, 2, 141-149.
Extended interviews with about 50 widely distributed participants in the Home Power movement suggest that approximately 25,000 homes in the U. S. now rely on their own photovolt…

A Review and Critique of Energy Research in Psychology

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Stern, P. & Gardner, G. T. (1980). A review and critique of energy research in psychology. Social Science Energy Review, 3, 1, 1-71.
This paper summarizes the main streams of existing psychological research relating to energy policy issues, evaluates the mainstream research, and then steps back for a broader vi…

Energy Education in the Curriculum

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Stubbs, M. (1985). Energy education in the curriculum. Educational Studies, 11, 2, 133-150.
Data from 439 16-19 yr old students and 86 staff members from 2 colleges in the UK show that coverage of the topic of energy education varied considerably but was generally inadeq…

The New Ecological Paradigm in Social-Psychological Context

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Stern, P. C., Dietz, T., & Guagnano, G. A. (1995). The new ecological paradigm in social-psychological context. Environment and Behavior, 27, 6, 723-743.
Examined the New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) scale in relation to the variables in a theoretical model of environmental concern using data from 199 adults. It was found that the NEP…

Perspectives on Wilderness: Re-Examining the Value of Extended Wilderness Experiences

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Talbot, J. F., & Kaplan, S. (1986). Perspectives on wilderness: Re-examining the value of extended wilderness experiences. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 6, 3, 177-188.
Presents results from the final phase of a 10-yr research program dealing with the dynamics and the impacts of wilderness experiences. Although these data are from 49 participants…

The Effect of Goal-Setting and Daily Electronic Feedback on In-Home Energy Use

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Van-Houwelingen, J. H. & Van-Raaij, W. F. (1989). The effect of goal-setting and daily electronic feedback on in-home energy use. Journal of Consumer Research, 16, 1, 98-105.
Compared the effects of daily electronic feedback (DEF) with monthly external feedback (MEF) and with self-monitoring (SMO) of energy use in 325 single family homes in the Netherl…

Judgment under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases

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Tversky, A., & Kahneman, D. (1974). Judgment under uncertainty: Heuristics and biases. Science, 185, 4157, 1124-1131.
Describes 3 heuristics employed to assess probabilities and to predict values: (a) representativeness, (b) availability of instances, and (c) adjustment from an anchor. Biases t…
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