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Changing Behavior and Making it Stick: The Conceptualization and Management of Conservation Behavior

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De Young, R. (1993). Changing behavior and making it stick: The conceptualization and management of conservation behavior. Environment and Behavior, 25, 4, 485-505.
Discusses categorization of conservation behavior change techniques (BCTs), the role techniques offer the individual whose behavior is being changed, and a means of evaluating the…

Up and Down with Ecology: The "Issue-Attention Cycle"

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Downs, A. (1972). Up and down with ecology: The "issue-attention cycle". Public Interest, 28, 38-50.

Paradoxes on the Commons: Scarcity and the Problem of Equality

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Edney, J. J. (1981). Paradoxes on the commons: Scarcity and the problem of equality. Journal of Community Psychology, 9, 1, 3-34.
Resource scarcities challenge the fundamental assumptions of a reward-oriented, egalitarian society because scarcity itself usually means some unequal allocation of the scarce g…

Commitment to the Dominant Social Paradigm and Concern for Environmental Quality

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Dunlap, R. E. & VanLiere, K. D. (1984). Commitment to the dominant social paradigm and concern for environmental quality. Social Science Quarterly, 65, 4, 1013-1028.
The assumption that commitment to our society's dominant values and beliefs, or "dominant social paradigm:" (DSP), leads us to lack of concern for environmental quality is tested.…

Public Opinion in the 1980s: Clear Consensus, Ambiguous Commitment

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Dunlap, R. E. (1991). Public opinion in the 1980s: Clear consensus, ambiguous commitment. Environment, 33, 10-15, 32-37.

Toward a Sustainable Future: The Role of Psychology

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Du Nann Winter, D. & McKenzie-Mohr, D. (1993). Toward a sustainable future: The role of psychology. The Peace Psychology Bulletin, 2, 1, 16-19.
The role of psychology in moving toward a sustainable future was discussed in a symposium entitled: Blueprint for an Environmentally Sustainable Society: The Role of Psychology…

The Effects of Information in a Resource Management Problem: A Social Trap Analog

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Edney, J. J. & Harper, C. S. (1978). The effects of information in a resource management problem: A social trap analog. Human Ecology, 6, 4, 387-395.
A resource management simulation was devised in which players could harvest points for individual short-term gain, causing the premature destruction of the resource pool, or they …

Hard-Path Versus Soft-Path Advocates: A Study of Energy Activists

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Dunlap, R. E. & Olsen, M. E. (1984). Hard-path versus soft-path advocates: A study of energy activists. Policy Studies Journal, 13, 413-428.

Critical review of behavioral interventions to preserve the environment: Research since 1980

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Dwyer, W. O., Leeming, F. C., Cobern, M. K., Porter, B. E., & Jackson, J. M. (1993). Critical review of behavioral interventions to preserve the environment: Research since 1980. Environment and Behavior, 25, 3, 275-321.
Reviews the intervention research conducted from 1980-1990 that focused on environmentally relevant behaviors. 54 studies were categorized and evaluated according to a modified …

Response to Heberlein's Rejoinder

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Dunlap, R. E. & VanLiere, K. D. (1977). Response to Heberlein's Rejoinder. Journal of Social Issues, 33, 3, 211-212.
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