Conservation Psychology : Understanding and Promoting Human Care for Nature.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clayton, Susan.

Contributor:

Myers, Gene.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (456 pages)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2015.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition

About the Companion Website

Chapter 1: Introducing the Field of Conservation Psychology

Conservation

Psychology

Human care for nature

The roots of conservation psychology

The utility of conservation psychology

The practice of conservation psychology

The organization of the book

Conclusion

For further information, visit these websites

References

Part I: Human Experiences of Nature

Chapter 2: Domestic Nature: Cohabiting with Animals and Plants

Animals in the home

Plants in the domestic sphere

Chapter 3: Managed Nature: Zoos, Aquariums, and Public Parks

Zoos and aquariums

Urban parks and green spaces

Chapter 4: Wild Nature: Encounters with Wilderness

Defining wild nature and wilderness

Wilderness use and wilderness values

Wilderness solitude

Natural forces and features

The edge of control: wilderness remoteness and challenge

Activity in wild nature, connection, and caring

Wild nature and spiritual experience

Wilderness-based growth and therapeutic programs

Part II: Thinking About Nature

Chapter 5: Attitudes, Values, and Perceptions

Core understandings of nature

Values

Attitudes

Perceptions

Evolutionary perspectives

Chapter 6: Perceptions of Environmental Problems

Risk perception

Biases in information processing

Language and discourse

Understanding environmental problems

Attributions of responsibility

Linking perceptions to behavior

Chapter 7: Moral Psychology and the Environment

Background on ethical concepts

Social intuitionism and moral foundations theory

A virtue ethics of the environment.

The deontic tradition and psychological research

Consequentialism, emotion, and socialization

Psychological dynamics of moral functioning

Pragmatist ethics

Chapter 8: Environment and Identity

The concept of identity

Identity development

Developing an affiliation with nature

Environmental identity

Ecopsychology and depth psychology perspectives

Measuring environmental identity

Place identity

Animals and identity

Environmental social identity

Identity and behavior

Putting identity to work

Part III: Encouraging a Sustainable Relationship Between Humans and Nature

Chapter 9: Promoting Sustainable Behavior

Identifying target behaviors

Influences on behavior

Models for changing behavior

Collective behavior

Chapter 10: Community Psychology and International Biodiversity Conservation

International biodiversity conservation

Common pool resources and models of governance

Psychology, culture, and local knowledge

Creating ecological knowledge old and new: Traditional and modern citizen science

Accounting for the costs and benefits of conservation

Conservation and all-too-human psychology

Chapter 11: Environmental Education

Environmental education

Examples of contemporary environmental education

Psychological foundations of environmental education

Lessons for effective practice

Chapter 12: The Positive Psychology of Conservation

Nature as a positive environment

Negative emotions in response to environmental challenges

Positive emotions in relation to environmental behaviors

Eudaimonism and meaning

Materialistic values versus self-determination theory

Optimism and pessimism.

Toward strengths-based approaches

Glossary

Index

End User License Agreement.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Clayton, Susan Conservation Psychology

ISBN:

9781118874646

OCLC:

925440066