Psychology Approaches to Environmental Problems

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PSYCHOLOGY APPROACHES TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS

COURSE RESOURCES

Jennifer S. Robohm, Ph.D.

BOOKS, BOOK CHAPTERS, JOURNAL ARTICLES, AND PUBLICATIONS

Abrahamse, W., Steg, L., Vlek, C., & Rothengatter, T. (2005). A review of intervention studies aimed at household energy conservation. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 25, 273-291.

Abrahamse, W., Steg, L., Vlek, C., & Rothengatter, T. (2007). The effect of tailored information, goal setting, and tailored feedback on household energy use, energy-related behaviors, and behavioral antecedents. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 27, 265-276.

Adger, W.N., Dessai, S., Goulden, M., Hulme, M., Lorenzoni, I., Nelson, D.R., Naess, L.O., Wolf, J., Wreford, A. (2009). Are there social limits to adaptation to climate change? Climatic Change, 93, 335-354.

Allcott, H. & Mullainathan, S. (2010). Behavior and energy policy. Science, 327, 1204-1205.

American Psychological Association Task Force on the Interface Between Psychology & Global Climate Change (2009). Psychology and Global Climate Change: Addressing a Multifaceted Phenomenon and Set of Challenges. www.apa.org/science/about/publications/climate-change-booklet.pdf

Antonio, R.J. & Brulle, R.J. (2011). The Unbearable Lightness of Politics: Climate Change Denial and Political Polarization. The Sociological Quarterly, 52(2), 195-202.

Australian Psychological Association (2010). Psychology and Climate Change: A Position Statement. http://www.psychology.org.au/Assets/Files/Position-statement-climate-change-August2010.pdf

Bamberg, S. & Moser, G. (2007). Twenty years after Hines, Hungerford, and Tomera: A new meta-analysis of psycho-social determinants of pro-environmental behaviour. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 27, 14-25.

Barker, R.G. (1968) Ecological psychology: Concepts and methods for studying the environment of human behaviour. Stanford: Stanford University Press.

Barker, R. (1976) On the nature of the environment. In H.M. Proshansky, W.H. Ittelson & L.G. Rivlin (Eds) Environmental psychology: People and their physical setting. Second Edition. (pp12-26). New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.

Bator, R.J. & Cialdini, R.B. (2000). The application of persuasion theory to the development of effective proenvironmental public service announcements. Journal of Social Issues, 56(3), 527–541.

Bazerman, M. (2006). Climate change as a predictable surprise. Climate Change, 77, 179-193.

Bazerman, M. (2009). U.S. energy policy: Overcoming barriers to action. Environment, Sep-Oct

Bechtel, R.B. & Churchman, A. (2002) (Eds) Handbook of environmental psychology. New York: Wiley.

Becker, L. J. (1978). Joint effect of feedback and goal setting on performance: A field study of residential energy conservation. Journal of Applied Psychology, 63(4), 428–433.

Becker, E. & Jahn, T. (Eds.), Sustainability and the Social Sciences: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach to Integrating Environmental Considerations into Theoretical Reorientation. New York: ZED Books.

Becker, W. (2009). Climate and the age of Faustian choices. Conservation Biology, 23(4), 794-795.

Bell, P.A., Greene, T.C., Fisher, J.D. & Baum, A.S. (2001) Environmental Psychology. Fifth Edition. New York: Harcourt College.

Beringer, A. (2003). A conservation psychology with heart. Human Ecology Review, 10(2), 150-186.

Bogner, FX, & Wiseman, M (2006). Adolescents’ attitudes towards nature and

environment: Quantifying the 2-MEV model. The Environmentalist, 26, 247-254.

Bonnes, M., Lee, T. & Bonaiuto, M. (2003) (Eds) Psychological theories for environmental issues. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing.

Bonnes, M. & Secchiaroli, G. (1995) Environmental psychology: A psycho-social introduction. London: Sage.

Borick, C.P. & Rabe, B.G. (2010). A Reason to Believe: Examining the Factors that Determine Individual Views on Global Warming. Social Science Quarterly, 91(3), 777-800.

Bronfenbrenner, U. (1979) The ecology of human development. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Brook, A. (2011). Ecological footprint feedback: Motivating or discouraging? Social Influence, 6(2), 113-128.

Brook, A.T., et al (26 cosigners). (2007). The power of voluntary actions: Social scientists respond to Mike Tidwell. Grist: Gristmill.

Brown, K.W. & Kasser, T. (2005). Are psychological and ecological well-being compatible? The role of values, mindfulness, and lifestyle. Social Indicators Research, 74, 349-368.

Bullard, R.D. & Johnson, G.S. (2000). Environmental justice: Grass-roots activism and its impact on public policy decision making. Journal of Social Issues, 56(3), 555-578.

Carter, D.M. (2011). Recognizing the Role of Positive Emotions in Fostering Environmentally Responsible Behaviors. Ecopsychology. 3(1), 65-69.

Catton, William R., Jr. and Riley E. Dunlap. 1980. A New Ecological Paradigm for Post-Exuberant Sociology. American Behavioral Scientist 24, 15-47.

Center for Research on Environmental Decisions (2009). The Psychology of Climate Change Communication. New York: Columbia University.

Cialdini, R. & Schultz, W. (2004). Understanding and Motivating Energy Conservation via Social Norms. Final report prepared for the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

Clay, R.A. (2001, April). Other psychologists in the field. Monitor on Psychology, 32(4), 47.

Clayton, S. & Brook, A. (2005). Can psychology help save the world? A model for conservation psychology. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 5, 1-15.

Clayton, S. & Myers, G. (2009). Conservation Psychology: Understanding and Promoting

Human Care for Nature. Chichester, West Sussex, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.

Clayton, S. (2000). Models of justice in the environmental debate. Journal of Social Issues, 56(3), 459-474.

Clifford, S. (2011, April 7). Stuff piled in the aisle? It’s there to get you to spend more. New York Times,

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/08/business/08clutter.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha25

Deci, E.D. & Ryan, R.M. (2008). Self-Determination Theory: A macrotheory of human motivation,

development, and health. Canadian Psychology, 49(3), 182-185.

De Groot, J., & Steg, L. (2008). Value orientations to explain beliefs related to environmental significant behavior: How to measure egoistic, altruistic, and biospheric value orientations. Environment and Behavior, 40(3), 330-354.

De Young, R. (2000). Expanding and evaluating motives for environmentally responsible behavior. Journal of Social Issues, 56(3), 509-526.

Dietz, T., Gardner, G.T., Gilligan, J., Stern, P.C., & Vandenbergh, M.P. (2009). Household actions can provide a behavioral wedge to rapidly reduce U.S. carbon emissions. PNAS, 106(44), 18452-18456.

Doherty, T.J. & Clayton, S. (2011). The psychological impacts of global climate change. American Psychologist, 66(4), 265-276.

Doppelt, B. (2008). The Power of Sustainable Thinking: How to Create a Positive Future for the Climate, the Planet, Your Organization, and Your Life. UK: Earthscan Publishing.

Dowdy, J. (2010, February 20). Behavioral Economics, Neuroeconomics, and Climate Change Policy: Baseline Review for the Garrison Institute Initiative on Climate Change Leadership. Garrison, NY: Garrison Institute.

Dunlap, R. & McRight, A. (2008). A widening gap: Republican and Democratic views on climate change. Environment, 50(5), 26-35.

Dwyer, W.O., Leeming, F.C., Cobern, M.K. et. al. (1993). Critical review of behavioral interventions to preserve the environment: Research since 1980. Environment and Behavior, 25(3), 275-321.

ecoAmerica (2008, October). The American Climate Values Survey: Moving Toward a Tipping Point.

ecoAmerica (2006, October). The American Environmental Values Survey: American Views on the Environment in an Era of Polarization and Conflicting Priorities.

Evans, S.D. & Loomis, C. (2009). Organizational and community change. In: D. Fox, I. Prilleltensky, & S. Austin (eds.), Critical Psychology: An Introduction (2nd Ed.) (pp. 373-389). Los Angeles, CA: Sage.

Feinberg, M. & Willer, R. (2011). Apocalypse Soon? Dire Messages Reduce Belief in Global Warming by Contradicting Just World Beliefs. Psychological Science, 22. doi: 10.1177/0956797610391911

Fischhoff, B., and Furby, L. (1983). Psychological dimensions of climate change. In R. Chen, E. Boulding, and S.H. Schneider (Eds.), Social Science Research and Climate Change: An Interdisciplinary Appraisal (pp.180-203). Dordrecht: Reidel.

Freyfogle, E.T. (2007). Wendell Berry and the limits of populism. In J. Peters (Ed.), Wendell Berry: Life and Work (pp. 173-191). Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky.

Friedrich, K., Amman, J., & Vaidyanathan, S., & Elliot, R.N. (2010, October). Visible and Concrete Savings: Behavioral Approaches to Improving Customer Energy Efficiency. Washington, DC: Energy Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy.

Fritze, J.G., Blashki, G.A., Burke, S., & Wiseman, H. (2008). Hope, despair, and transformation: Climate change and the promotion of mental health and wellbeing. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 2(13). Retrieved from http://ijmhs.com/2/1/13.

Gardner, G.T., & Stern, P.C. (2002). Environmental Problems and Human Behavior (2nd ed.). Boston: Pearson Custom.

Gardner, G.T. & Stern, P.C. (2008). The short list: Most effective actions U.S. households can take to limit climate change. Environment, 50(5), 13-24.

Gattig, A. & Hendrickx, L. (2007). Judgmental discounting and environmental risk perception: Dimensional similarities, domain differences, and implications for sustainability. Journal of Social Issues, 63(1), 21-29.

Geller, E. S. (2002). The challenge of increasing pro-environmental behavior. In: R. G. Bechtel & A. Churchman (Eds.). Handbook of Environmental Psychology (pp. 525-540). New York: Wiley.

Gifford, R. (2002) Environmental psychology: Principles and practice. Third edition. Victoria, Canada: Optimal Books.

Gifford, R. (2011). The dragons of inaction: Psychological barriers that limit climate change mitigation and adaptation. American Psychologist, 66(4), 290-302.

Gifford, R. (2008). Psychology’s essential role in alleviating the impacts of climate change. Canadian Psychology/Psychologie Canadienne, 49(4), 273-280. Retrieved from http://web.uvic.ca/psyc/gifford/pdf/CP%20Psychology%20and%20Climate%20Change.pdf.

Hines, J.M., Hungerford, H.R., & Tomera, A.N. .(1987). Analysis and synthesis of research on responsible environmental behaviour: A metaanalysis. Journal of Environmental Education, 18, 1-8.

Howard, G.S. (1997) Ecological psychology: Creating a more earth-friendly human nature. South Bend, IN: University of Notre Dame Press.

Ittelson, W.H., Proshansky, H.M., Rivlin, L.G., Winkel, G.H. & Dempsey, D. (1974) An introduction to environmental psychology.NY: Holt, Rinehart & Winston.

Ittelson, W.H., Proshansky, H.M., Rivlin, L.G. (1970) (Eds) Environmental psychology: Man and his physical setting. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston.

Jackson, T. (2005, January). Motivating Sustainable Consumption: A Review of Evidence on Consumer Behaviour and Behavioural Change. A report to the Sustainable Development Research Network,

Jenkins, J. C. (2011). Democratic Politics and the Long March on Global Warming: Comments on McCright and Dunlap. The Sociological Quarterly, 52(2), 211-219.

Johns, D. (2007). Like it or not, politics is the solution. Conservation Biology, 21(2), 287-288.

Joireman, J., Truelove, H., & Duell, B. (2010). Effect of outdoor temperature, heat primes and anchoring on belief in global warming. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 30, 358-367.

Joireman, J., Posey, D., Truelove, H. B., & Parks, C. D. (2009). The environmentalist who cried drought: Reactions to repeated warnings about depleting resources under conditions of uncertainty. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 29, 181-192.

Kaiser, F, Oerke, B, & Bogner, FX (2007) Behavior-based environmental attitude: Development of an instrument for adolescents. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 27, 242-251.

Kantola, S. J., Syme, G. J., & Campbell, N. A. (1984). Cognitive dissonance and energy conservation. Journal of Applied Psychology, 69(3), 416–421.

Kaplan, R. & Kaplan, S. (2008). Bringing out the best in people: A Psychological perspective, Conservation Biology, 22(4), 826-29.

Kaplan, R. & Kaplan, S. (1989) The experience of nature: A psychological perspective. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Kaplan, S. (2000). Human nature and environmentally responsible behavior. Journal of Social Issues, 56(3), 491-508.

Kates, R., Parris, T. and Leiserowitz, A. (2005). What is sustainable development? Goals, indicators, values, and practice. Environment, 47(3), 8-21.

Kidner, D. (2007). Depression and the natural world: Towards a critical ecology of psychological distress. The International Journal of Critical Psychology, 19, 123-146.

Kidner, D. (2007). Reuniting nature and psyche. Spring, 76, 1-19.

Koger, S.M. (2009). Addressing barriers to changing environmentally relevant behaviors: Toxic chemicals as a case study. Ecopsychology, 1(3), 130-137.

Koger, S. & Scott, B. A. (2007). Psychology and environmental sustainability: A call for integration. Teaching of Psychology, 34(1), 10-18.

*Koger, S. & Winter, D. D. (2010). The Psychology of Environmental Problems: Psychology for Sustainability (3rd ed.). New York: Taylor & Francis.

Kollmuss, A. & Agyeman, J. (2002). Mind the gap: Why do people act environmentally and what are the barriers to pro-environmental behavior? Environmental Education Research, 8(3), 239-260.

Kurz, T. (2002). The psychology of environmentally sustainable behavior: Fitting together pieces of the puzzle. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 2(1), 257-278.

Lazarus, C. (October 27, 2010). Human caused climate disruption: Dangerous denial or great grandiosity? Think Well (http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/think-well/201010/human-caused-climate-disruption-dangerous-denail-or-great-grandiosity/)

Leiserowitz, A. (2007). Communicating the risks of global warming: American risk perceptions, affective images, and interpretive communities. In S. Moser and L. Dilling, eds. Creating a Climate for Change: Communicating climate change and facilitating social change. Cambridge University Press.

Leiserowitz (2007). Communicating the risks of global warming: American risk perceptions, affective images and interpretive communities. In C. Moser & L. Dilling (Eds.), Creating a Climate for Change: Communicating Climate Change – Facilitating Social Change. Cambridge University Press.

Leiserowitz, A. (2005b). American risk perceptions: Is climate change dangerous? Risk Analysis, 25(6), 1433-1442.
Leiserowitz, A., Kates, R., and Parris, T. (2006). Sustainability values, attitudes, and behaviors: A review of multi-national and global trends. Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 413-444.
Leiserowitz, A., Kates, R., and Parris, T. (2005). Do global attitudes and behaviors support sustainable development? Environment, 47(9), 22-38.
Leiserowitz, A. (2004). Before and after The Day After Tomorrow: A U.S. study of climate change risk perception. Environment, 46(9), 22-37.

Leizerowitz, A. (2006). Climate change risk perception and policy preferences: The role of affect, imagery, and values. Climate Change, 77, 45-72.

Leiserowitz, A., Maibach, E., & Roser-Renouf, C. (2010a). Americans’ Actions to Conserve

Energy, Reduce Waste, and Limit Global Warming: January 2010. Yale University and George Mason

University. New Haven, CT: Yale Project on Climate Change.

http://environment.yale.edu/uploads/BehaviorJan2010.pdf

Leiserowitz, A., Maibach, E., & Roser-Renouf, C. (2009). Saving energy at home and on the road: A survey of Americans’ energy saving behaviors, intentions, motivations, and barriers. Yale Project on Climate Change. George Mason University, Center for Climate Change Communication, Fairfaxs County, VA. Retrieved from: http://environment.yale.edu/uploads/SavingEnergy.pdf

Leiserowitz, A., Maibach, E., & Roser-Renouf, C. & Smith, N. (2010c) Global Warming’s Six Americas, June 2010. Yale University and George Mason University. New Haven, CT: Yale Project on Climate Change. http://environment.yale.edu/climate/files/SixAmericasJune2010.pdf

Leiserowitz, A., Smith, N. & Marlon, J.R. (2010b). Americans’ Knowledge of Climate Change. Yale

University. New Haven, CT: Yale Project on Climate Change Communication.

http://environment.yale.edu/climate/files/ClimateChangeKnowledge2010.pdf

Lertzman, R. & Norgaard, K. (2011). A Dialog Between Renee Lertzman and Kari Norgaard. Ecopsychology, 3(1), 5-9.

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