Nuclear Power: The Dynamics of Acceptability

Articles
Levi, D. J., & Holder, E. E. (1986). Nuclear power: The dynamics of acceptability. Environment and Behavior, 18, 3, 385-395.
175 psychology and 35 landscape architecture students completed a questionnaire concerning the construction of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant to test the hypotheses that an…

Drop and Tilt: A Comparison of Two Procedures to Increase the Use of Venetian Blinds to Conserve Energy

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Luyben, P. D. (1984). Drop and tilt: A comparison of two procedures to increase the use of venetian blinds to conserve energy. Journal of Community Psychology, 12, 2, 149-154.
Dropping and tilting venetian blinds appropriately can reduce unnecessary heat loss through window glass. Previous research has shown that both feedback and payments can effective…

Environmental Education, Children, and Animals

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Margadant-Van Arcken, M. (1989). Environmental education, children, and animals. Anthrozoos, 3, 1, 14-19.
26 open interviews were conducted with about 250 kindergarten children (aged 6-12 yrs) who were asked about their pet animals, experiences with wild animals, and activities in nat…

Education for World Citizenship

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Lowenstein, L. F. (1987). Education for world citizenship. Psychology, A Quarterly Journal of Human Behavior, 24, 3, 47-49.
Summarizes a report submitted to the 1983 World Health Assembly concerning the threat of thermonuclear war. Countries were encouraged to begin educational efforts toward a feeli…

Psychological Factors in the Nuclear Power Controversy

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Levi, D. J., & Holder, E. E. (1988). Psychological factors in the nuclear power controversy. Political Psychology, 9, 3, 445-457.
Surveyed 289 undergraduates (approximate age 18-21 yrs) attending school near a nuclear power (NP) plant to examine beliefs and emotions that underlie attitudes toward nuclear pow…

Behavioral Commitment to Environmental Protection: A Study of Active and Nonactive Members of the Sierra Club

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Manzo, L. C., & Weinstein, N. D. (1987). Behavioral commitment to environmental protection: A study of active and nonactive members of the Sierra Club. Environment and Behavior, 19, 6, 673-694.
Compared differences between 47 active and 46 nonactive Sierra Club members in their early experiences and role models, experience of harm, political orientation, perception of po…

A Revised Scale for the Measurement of Ecological Attitudes and Knowledge

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Maloney, M. P., Ward, M. P., & Braucht, G. N. (1975). A revised scale for the measurement of ecological attitudes and knowledge. American Psychologist, 30, 7, 787-790.
Investigated the effects of fear appeals on persuasion in a factorial experiment that was designed to test a combined model of protection motivation theory and self-efficacy the…

Ecology: Let's Hear from the People: An Objective Scale for the Measurement of Ecological Attitudes and Knowledge

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Maloney, M. P., & Ward, M. P. (1973). Ecology: Let's hear from the people: An objective scale for the measurement of ecological attitudes and knowledge. American Psychologist, 28, 7, 583-586.
Reports the development of a 130-item scale measuring verbal and actual commitments to ecological issues, degree of emotionality toward these issues, and specific knowledge of f…

Male-Female Differences in Concern for Environmental Quality

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McStay, J. R., & Dunlap, R. E. (1983). Male-female differences in concern for environmental quality. International Journal of Women's Studies, 6, 4, 291-301.
Tested the hypothesis that females are significantly more concerned about environmental quality than are males. 806 Ss drawn from a probability sample of Washington State resident…

The Recycling of Solid Wastes: Personal Values, Value Orientations, and Attitudes about Recycling as Antecedents of Recycling Behavior. Special Issue: Linking Theory to Policy

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McCarty, J. A., & Shrum, L. J. (1994). The recycling of solid wastes: Personal values, value orientations, and attitudes about recycling as antecedents of recycling behavior. Special issue: Linking theory to policy. Journal of Business Research, 30, 1, 53-62.
Using a structural modeling framework, this study investigated the relationships of personal values, value orientations, and attitudes about recycling with the frequency of recycl…

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