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…

Decision Making in Environmental Education: Notes from Research in the Dutch NME-VO Project

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de-Jager, H. & Van-der-Loo, F. (1990). Decision making in environmental education: Notes from research in the Dutch NME-VO Project. Journal of Environmental Education, 22, 1, 33-43.
Decision making is often mentioned as an important feature of teaching science in technological and social context. In the Dutch project on environmental education (NME-VO), scien…

Predicting Attitudes to Oil and to Nuclear Energy

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Eiser, J. R., Spears, R., & Webley, P. (1988). Predicting attitudes to oil and to nuclear energy. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 8, 2, 141-147.
Assessed the attitudes of 480 adult residents of a small town in the UK toward a new nuclear power station and a new inshore oil drilling in their neighborhood. The proposed nucle…

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.…

An Examination of Cohort Differences in Perceptions of the Energy Crisis

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Durand, R. M., Klemmack, D. L., & Roff, L. L. (1980). An examination of cohort differences in perceptions of the energy crisis. Journal of Psychology, 106, 1, 3-12.
Examined the effects of age cohort on perceptions of the energy crisis in the US with 681 randomly selected Alabama power company customers who responded to a mail survey. A follo…

Nuclear Attitudes after Chernobyl: A Cross-National Study. Special Issue: Psychological Fallout from the Chernobyl Nuclear Accident

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Eiser, J. R., Hannover, B., Mann, L., Morin, M., et al. (1990). Nuclear attitudes after Chernobyl: A cross-national study. Special Issue: Psychological fallout from the Chernobyl nuclear accident. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 10, 2, 101-110.
840 Ss from universities in Australia, England, France, West Germany, and the Netherlands completed a questionnaire during the month following the Chernobyl nuclear accident in 19…

Public Perceptions of Electric Power Transmissions Lines

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Furby, L., Slovic, P., Fischhoff, B., & Gregory, R. (1988). Public perceptions of electric power transmissions lines. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 8, 1, 19-43.
Examines the formation and expression of attitudes related to the siting and construction of electric power transmission lines and develops a conceptual framework for understandin…

Public Opinion about Energy

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Farhar, B. C., Unseld, C. T., Vories, R. & Crews, R. (1980). Public opinion about energy. Annual Review of Energy, 5, 141-172.

Individual Differences in Environmental Attitudes

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Gifford, R., Hay, R. & Boros, K. (1982). Individual differences in environmental attitudes.. Journal of Environmental Education, 14, 2, 19-23.

The Consequences of Participant Satisfaction with Energy Conservation Programs

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Goitein, B., & Weinstein, B. (1986). The consequences of participant satisfaction with energy conservation programs. Evaluation Review, 10, 3, 377-384.
Examined the relationship between satisfaction with a residential energy audit and reported subsequent energy conservation behavior in 500 energy audit recipients. Results demonst…

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