Short-answer
- What is the relationship between attitude and behaviour?
- What would you consider to be three important psychological
factors which determine a person's pro-environmental behaviors
(such as not littering, recycling, minimizing energy use, etc.)
and why?
- If you were advising the ACT government on how to get
residents to comply with water restrictions this summer, what cost
effective but behaviourally effective techniques would you suggest
and why?
- Describe three levels of environmental consciousness.
- What is ecofeminism?
Multiple choice
Which of the following isn’t a definition of an attitude?
a. a psychological tendency that is expressed by evaluating a
particular entity with some degree of favour or disfavour
b. the affect associated with a mental object
c. a special type of knowledge, notably knowledge of which content
is evaluative or affective
d. a state of a person that predisposes a favourable or unfavourable
response to an object, person, or idea
e. a stable trait or characteristic of the person We are more
likely to have a positive evaluation of an object:
a. the fewer times we are exposed to it.
b. the more times we are exposed to it.
c. the more times we are exposed to it provided the object is not
initially disliked.
d. the fewer times we are exposed to it provided the object is not
initially disliked.
e. the more times we are exposed to it provided the object is
initially disliked.
The strength of the link between attitudes of behaviour may be
influenced by:
a. personality characteristics such as self-monitoring
b. the accessibility of attitudes
c. level of identification with a group, when the attitude is
perceived to be an ingroup norm
d. both a & c
e. a, b & c
People find information ___________________ their attitudes easier
to learn and remember than information ______________ their
attitudes.
a. opposing, supporting
b. supporting, opposing
c. irrelevant to, relevant to
d. relevant to, irrelevant to
e. none of the above A key proposition of _______________ is that
human beings have a genetic predisposition towards “life-like” or
“nature” processes. a. social identity theory
b. the biophilia hypothesis
c. environmental psychology
d. ecopsychology
e. deep ecology Environmental psychology is primarily concerned
with: a. the effect of the environment on humans
b. the effect of humans on the environment
c. the interaction between humans and the environment
d. all of the above
e. none of the above Environmental __________________ can be
broadly defined as a set of proenvironmental beliefs, attitudes, and
values
about the relationship between humans and the natural environment-a
viewpoint that considers the environment as valuable in its own
right and as worthy of protection, care, and preservation by humans.
a. concern
b. motivation
c. action
d. self-identity
e. authenticity Which of the following strategies is most likely
to produce behavioural change in reducing energy consumption: a.
self-monitoring
b. background information about energy consumption
c. punishment
d. all equally effective
e. none of these Research into pro-environment behaviour change
has found that feedback produces approximately a _____ improvement.
a. 10%
b. 20%
c. 30%
d. 40%
e. 50% Dickerson et al. (1992) used an intervention to reduce the
amount of water used in a gym shower. The study was based on:
a. the foot-in-the-door technique
b. cognitive dissonance
c. gender role
d. a and b
e. a, b and c |