Psychology and environmental change / Raymond S. Nickerson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nickerson, Raymond S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book stimulates thinking on the topic of detrimental environmental change and how research psychologists can help to address the problem. In addition to reporting environmentally relevant psychological research, the author identifies the most pressing questions from an environmental point of view. Psychology and Environmental Change: *focuses on ways in which human behavior contributes to the problem; *deals with the assessment and change of attitudes and with studies of change of behavior; *proposes ways in which psychological research can contribute to making technol

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; CHAPTER 1 Introduction; CHAPTER 2 The Problem; CHAPTER 3 Behavior as a Cause of Environmental Change; CHAPTER 4 Attitude Assessment and Change; CHAPTER 5 Changing Behavior; CHAPTER 6 Technology Enhancement; CHAPTER 7 Substituting Resource-Light for Resource-Heavy Technologies; CHAPTER 8 Artifact Design and Evaluation; CHAPTER 9 Consumption, Consumerism, and Environmental Economics; CHAPTER 10 Risk and the Psycnology of Prevention; CHAPTER 11 Cost-Benefit and Trade-Off Analyses; CHAPTER 12 Competition, Cooperation, Negotiation and Policymaking

CHAPTER 13 Concluding CommentsReferences; Author Index; Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-287) and indexes.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-135-63890-X

1-282-32643-0

1-283-58495-6

9786612326431

9786613897404

1-135-63891-8

1-4106-0631-7

9781410606310

OCLC:

437150163