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Group Commitment and Resource Conservation: Two Field Experiments on Promoting Recycling

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Wang, T. H. & Katzev, R. D. (1990). Group commitment and resource conservation: Two field experiments on promoting recycling. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 20, 4, Part 1, 265-275.
Evaluated the effect of commitment (CM) on paper recycling. Exp 1 asked 24 elderly residents of a retirement home to sign a 4-wk group CM pledge to recycle paper. During this in…

Comment on "Psychological Research and Energy Policy."

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Winett, R. A., & Geller, E. S. (1981). Comment on "Psychological research and energy policy.". American Psychologist, 36, 4, 425-426.
Comments that some points made by P. C. Stern and G. T. Gardner (see PA, Vol 67:1169) in their plea for an interdisciplinary approach and for input by psychologists into energy po…

Why Don't People Weatherize their Homes?: An Ethnographic Solution

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Wilk, R. & Wilhite, H. (1987). Why don't people weatherize their homes?: An ethnographic solution. Energy Efficiency: Perspectives on Individual Behavior, 51-68.

Cutting CO2 Emissions: The Effects of Alternative Policy Approaches

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Whalley, J. & Wigle, R. ( ?). Cutting CO2 Emissions: The effects of alternative policy approaches. The Energy Journal, 12, 1, 109-124.
This paper starts from the premise that attempts to curtail global emissions of greenhouse gases are likely to be made in the next few decades. We discuss some of the possible in…

The Heated Debate: Greenhouse Predictions versus Climate Reality

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Balling, R. C., Jr. (1992). The heated debate: Greenhouse predictions versus climate reality. San Francisco: Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy.

Increasing Blood Donor Pledge Fulfillment

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Pittman, T. S., Pallak, M. S., Riggs, J. M., & Gotay, C. C. (1981). Increasing blood donor pledge fulfillment. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 7, 2, 195-200.
Two studies conducted during campus blood drives assessed two techniques derived from a commitment and social support analysis that were designed to increase the rate of pledge fu…

Evaluation Research: A Psychological Perspective

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Wortman, P. M. (1975). Evaluation research: A psychological perspective. American Psychologist, 30, 5, 562-575.

The Effects of Videotape Modeling and Daily Feedback on Residential Electricity Conservation, Home Temperature and Humidity, Perceived Comfort, and Clothing Worn: Winter and Summer

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Winett, R. A., Hatcher, J. W., Fort, T. R., Leckliter, I. N., Love, S. Q., Riley, A. W., & Fishback, J. F. (1982). The effects of videotape modeling and daily feedback on residential electricity conservation, home temperature and humidity, perceived comfort, and clothing worn: Winter and summer. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 15, 3, 381-402.
Two studies were conducted in all-electric residences in the winter ( n = 83) and summer ( n = 54) to ascertain how energy conservation strategies focusing on the thermostat cha…

Reducing Energy Consumption: The Long-Term Effects of a Single TV Program

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Winett, R. A., Leckliter, I. N., Chinn, D. E., & Stahl, B. (1984). Reducing energy consumption: The long-term effects of a single TV program. Journal of Communication, 34, 3, 37-51.
Investigated the effects of the delivery of a program through a cable TV system's public access channel on the consumer energy use of 150 households. The 20-min program emphasized…

Energy Efficiency Policies

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Anderson, V. (1993). Energy efficiency policies. (pp. 93). New York: Routledge.
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