Raymond S Nickerson

Psychology and Environmental Change

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Psychology and the Natural 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 on ways in which psychological research might contribute to the objective of making technology and its products more environmentally benign; introduces topics, such as consumption, risk assessment, cost-benefit, tradeoff analyses, competition, cooperation, negotiation, and policymaking; and touches briefly on several other subjects that relate to the objective of protecting the environment.

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This book will present the arguement that psychologists have much to offer to the goal of stemming environmental change by reviewing the evidence on the prob of environmental deterioration as well as hum behavior's contribution to the problem.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 162mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 576g
• ISBN-13: 9780805840964
• ISBN-10: 0805840966
• Artikelnr.: 22407261

Autorenporträt

Raymond S. Nickerson

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface. Introduction. The Problem. Behavior as a Cause of
Environmental Change. Attitude Assessment and Change. Changing Behavior.
Technology Enhancement. Substituting Resource-Light for Resource-Heavy
Technologies. Artifact Design and Evaluation. Consumption, Consumerism, and
Environmental Economics. Risk and the Psychology of Prevention.
Cost-Benefit and Tradeoff Analyses. Competition, Cooperation, Negotiation,
and Policymaking. Concluding Comments.