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A Knowledge-Based Intervention for Promoting Carpooling

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Kearney, A. R., & De Young, R. (1995). A knowledge-based intervention for promoting carpooling. Environment and Behavior, 27, 5, 650-678.
Investigated the impact of a story-based intervention on employees' knowledge and attitudes about, and stated willingness to adopt carpooling. A total of 645 employees at 5 sites …

The Prediction of Household Recycling of Newspapers: The Role of Attitudes, Intentions, and Situational Factors

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Boldero, J. (1995). The prediction of household recycling of newspapers: The role of attitudes, intentions, and situational factors. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 25, 5, 440-462.
Tested I. Ajzen and T. J. Madden's (see PA, Vol 75:10653) theory of planned behavior for observed household newspaper recycling. The effects of recycling in the past, individual's…

Determinants of 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.
Two experiments examined the variables characteristic of individuals who engage in responsible environmental behavior. In Exp 1, 142 Canadians (mean age 36 yrs) completed a phone …

Changes in Euro-American Values Needed for Sustainability

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Clark, M. E. (1995). Changes in Euro-American values needed for sustainability. Journal of Social Issues, 51, 4, 63-82.
Discusses the worldview that gives rise to contemporary Euro-American values. It is argued that this worldview is no longer adaptive, due to some of the underlying subconscious be…

Comparison of Self-Reported Recycling Attitudes and Behaviors with Actual Behavior

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Barker, K., Fong, L., Grossman, S., Quin, C., et al. (1994). Comparison of self-reported recycling attitudes and behaviors with actual behavior. Psychological Reports, 75, 1 (Part 2), 571-577.
Investigated the congruence of 102 college students' self-reported paper-recycling behaviors and attitudes with actual behavior. The hypothesis that college students would report …

Ecocentric and Anthropocentric Attitudes toward the Environment

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Thompson, S. C. G., & Barton, M. A. (1994). Ecocentric and anthropocentric attitudes toward the environment. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 14, 2, 149-157.
Examined the relationship between 2 motives underlying environmental attitudes: ecocentrism, valuing nature for its own sake; and anthropocentrism, valuing nature because of mater…

Value Orientations, Gender, and Environmental Concern

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Stern, P. C., Dietz, T., & Kalof, L. (1993). Value orientations, gender, and environmental concern. Environment and Behavior, 25, 3, 322-348.
Expanded on S. H. Schwartz's (1977) norm-activation model of altruism by offering an integrative theoretical model of environmental (EV) concern. The model presumes that action in…

Do as I Say, Not as I Do. Special Section: Attitudes and Behavior in Social Psychology

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Lloyd, K. E. (1994). Do as I say, not as I do. Special Section: Attitudes and behavior in social psychology. Behavior Analyst, 17, 1, 131-139.
Examines the observance of low to absent correlations between what a person says he/she would do and what he/she actually does later. Focus is on the degree of agreement between r…

Actively Caring for the Environment: An Integration of Behaviorism and Humanism. Special Issue: Litter control and Recycling

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Geller, E. S. (1995). Actively caring for the environment: An integration of behaviorism and humanism. Special Issue: Litter control and recycling. Environment and Behavior, 27, 2, 184-195.
Integrates perspectives from behavior-based psychology (BBP) and person-based psychology (PBP) to summarize ways to protect the environment. Community-based interventions are need…

Evaluating a Television Campaign to Promote Petrol Conservation

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Syme, G. J., Seligman, C., Kantola, S. J., & MacPherson, D. K. (1987). Evaluating a television campaign to promote petrol conservation. Environment and Behavior, 19, 4, 444-461.
Conducted intensive 4-wk campaigns using a 30-sec TV commercial in 2 Australian cities; a 3rd city served as a control. Approximately 400 respondents (aged 18+ yrs) selected rando…

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