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Preparing for the Environmental Decade: A Field Experiment on Recycling Behavior

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Krendl, K. A., Olson, B., & Burke, R. (1992). Preparing for the environmental decade: A field experiment on recycling behavior. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 20, 1, 19-36.
Examines the impact of a communication campaign designed to encourage recycling participation in a community curbside pickup program. Residents in the study were contacted in 1 of…

How People Change: Inside and Outside Therapy

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Aronson, E. (1991). How to change behavior. In R.C. Curtis, & G. Stricker (Ed.). How people change: Inside and outside therapy. (pp. 101-112). New York, NY: Plenum Press.

Changing Behavior: Insights and Applications, Behavior Change Project Final Report

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(1995). Changing behavior: Insights and applications, Behavior change project final report. (pp. 1-20). Seattle, WA: Local Hazardous Waste Management Program in King County.
   

Human Behavior in Today's World

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Chance, P.B. (1991). The sky is falling. In Waris Ishaq (Ed.). Human behavior in today’s world. (pp. 31-38). New York, NY: Praeger Publishers.

Green Waste Recycling: A Growing System for Conserving the Environment

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Oskamp, S., & Augustin, S. (1996). Green waste recycling: A growing system for conserving the environment.

Motivating Recycling Behavior: A Quasiexperimental Investigation of Message and Source Strategies. Special Issue: Psychology, Marketing, and Recycling

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Lord, K. R. (1994). Motivating recycling behavior: A quasiexperimental investigation of message and source strategies. Special Issue: Psychology, marketing, and recycling. Psychology and Marketing, 11, 4, 341-358.
Developed the Environmental Action Internal Control Index (EAICI) to assess the relationship between locus of control of reinforcement and environmentally responsible behavior. 85…

Personality Variables and Environmental Attitudes as Predictors of Ecologically Responsible Consumption Patterns. Special Issue: Marketing Research

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Balderjahn, I. (1988). Personality variables and environmental attitudes as predictors of ecologically responsible consumption patterns. Special Issue: Marketing research. Journal of Business Research, 17, 1, 51-56.
A causal model of ecologically concerned consumers is analyzed by the LISREL approach. Demographic, socioeconomic, cultural, personality, and attitudinal variables are specified t…

Effects of Social Labeling on Giving to Charity

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Kraut, R. E. (1973). Effects of social labeling on giving to charity. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 9, 551-562.
This field experiment tested the hypothesis that social labeling influences an actor's self-concept and his perception of the consequences of his behavior. Subjects who gave to c…

Crime, Commitment, and the Responsive Bystander: Two Field Experiments

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Moriarty, T. (1975). Crime, commitment, and the responsive bystander: Two field experiments. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 31, 2, 370-376.
In two field experiments it was demonstrated that bystanders more readily intervene to stop a theft if they have committed themselves in advance to the victim. During the summer …

Behaviorist EE Research: Environmentalism as Individualism

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Robottom, I., & Hart, P. (1995). Behaviorist EE research: Environmentalism as individualism. Journal of Environmental Education, 26, 2, 5-9.
Describes empirical tests of a theory linking values, beliefs, attitudes, and behavior within a preference construction framework emphasizing the activation of personal environmen…

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