Environmental psychology : an introduction /
edited by Linda L.S. Steg, Groningen University, Netherlands, Judith I.M. de Groot, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth.
- Second edition.
- xxvii, 418 pages : colored illustrations ; 26 cm
- BPS textbooks in psychology .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: 1. Environmental Psychology: History, Scope, and Methods pt. I ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON HUMAN BEHAVIOUR AND WELL-BEING 2. Environmental Risk Perception 3. Climate Change as a Unique Environmental Problem 4. Environmental Stress 5. Scenic Beauty: Visual Landscape Assessment and Human Landscape Perception 6. Health Benefits of Nature 7. Restorative Environments 8. Ambivalence Towards Nature and Natural Landscapes 9. Human Dimensions of Wildlife 10. Children and the Natural Environment 11. Appraising and Designing Built Environments that Promote Well-Being and Healthy Behaviour 12. Urban Environmental Quality 13. Environment and Quality of Life 14. Place Attachment 15. How Cues in the Environment Affect Normative Behaviour pt. II FACTORS INFLUENCING ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOUR 16. Measuring Environmental Behaviour 17. Values and Pro-Environmental Behaviour 18. Social Norms and Pro-Environmental Behaviour Note continued: 19. Emotions and Pro-Environmental Behaviour 20. Symbolic Aspects of Environmental Behaviour 21. Social Dilemmas: Motivational, Individual, and Structural Aspects Influencing Cooperation 22. Theories to Explain Environmental Behaviour 23. The Role of Group Processes in Environmental Issues, Attitudes, and Behaviours 24. Yesterday's Habits Preventing Change for Tomorrow? About the Influence of Automaticity on Environmental Behaviour 25. Environmental Psychology in Latin America pt. III ENCOURAGING PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOUR 26. Informational Strategies to Promote Pro-Environmental Behaviour: Changing Knowledge, Awareness, and Attitudes 27. Encouraging Pro-Environmental Behaviour with Rewards and Penalties 28. Persuasive Technology to Promote Pro-Environmental Behaviour 29. Acceptability of Environmental Policies 30. Processes of Change 31. Simulating Social Environmental Systems Note continued: 32. Environmental Issues in Low- and Middle-Income Countries 33. Conclusion: Summary, Trends, and Future Perspectives in Environmental Psychology 1. Environmental Psychology: History, Scope, and Methods / Judith I.M. de Groot 1.1. Introduction 1.2. History of the Field 1.2.1. Towards `Architectural' Psychology 1.2.2. Towards a Green Psychology 1.3. Current Scope and Characteristics of the Field 1.3.1. Interactive Approach 1.3.2. Interdisciplinary Collaboration 1.3.3. Problem-Focused Approach 1.3.4. Diversity of Methods 1.4. Main Research Methods in Environmental Psychology 1.4.1. Questionnaire Studies 1.4.2. Laboratory Experiments 1.4.3.Computer Simulation Studies 1.4.4. Field Studies 1.4.5. Case Studies 1.5. Overview of the Book Glossary Suggestions for Further Reading Review Questions pt. I ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON HUMAN BEHAVIOUR AND WELL-BEING 2. Environmental Risk Perception / Carmen Tanner Note continued: 2.1. Introduction 2.2. What are Environmental Risks? 2.3. Subjective Risk Judgements 2.3.1. Heuristics and Biases in Risk Judgements 2.3.2. Temporal Discounting of Environmental Risks 2.3.3. The Psychometric Paradigm 2.4. Risk, Values, and Morality 2.4.1. Values 2.4.2. Morality and Ethics 2.5. Emotional Reactions to Environmental Risks 2.6. Summary Glossary Suggestions for Further Reading Review Questions 3. Climate Change as a Unique Environmental Problem / Lorraine Whitmarsh 3.1. Introduction 3.2. Public Understanding of Climate Change 3.3. Assessing the Risk of Climate Change 3.3.1. Detecting a Problem 3.3.2. Interpretations of Problems 3.3.3. Accepting Responsibility and Taking Action 3.4. Summary Glossary Suggestions for Further Reading Review Questions 4. Environmental Stress / Gary W. Evans 4.1. Introduction 4.2. Conceptualizations of Stress 4.3. Effects of Environmental Stress Note continued: 4.3.1. None 4.3.2. Crowding 4.3.3. Poor Housing Quality 4.3.4. Poor Neighbourhood Quality 4.3.5. Traffic Congestion 4.4. Summary Glossary Acknowledgements Suggestions for Further Reading Review Questions 5. Scenic Beauty: Visual Landscape Assessment and Human Landscape Perception / Caroline M. Hagerhall 5.1. Introduction 5.2. Visual Quality Assessment 5.3. Theories Explaining Landscape Preferences as Innate or Learnt 5.4. Measuring and Mapping Scenic Beauty 5.5. Methodological Developments 5.6. Summary Glossary Suggestions for Further Reading Review Questions 6. Health Benefits of Nature / Sjerp de Vries 6.1. Introduction 6.2. What is Health and How can it be Measured? 6.3. What is Nature and How can it be Measured? 6.4. Nature and Clinical Health 6.5. Green Space and Public Health 6.6. Mechanisms Linking Nature to Health 6.6.1. Air Quality 6.6.2. Physical Activity 6.6.3. Social Cohesion Note continued: 6.6.4. Stress Reduction 6.7. Summary Glossary Suggestions for Further Reading Review Questions 7. Restorative Environments / Agnes E. van den Berg 7.1. Introduction 7.2. Restorative Environments Research 7.2.1. Stress Recovery Theory 7.2.2. Attention Restoration Theory 7.3. The Evolutionary Origins of Restorative Nature Experiences 7.4. Recent Theoretical and Empirical Developments 7.4.1. Perceptual Fluency Account 7.4.2. Connectedness to Nature 7.4.3. Micro-Restorative Experiences and Instorative Effects 7.5. Applications and Implications 7.6. Summary Glossary Suggestions for Further Reading Review Questions 8. Ambivalence Towards Nature and Natural Landscapes / Cecil C. Konijnendijk 8.1. Introduction 8.2. Historical Overview 8.3. Emotional Impacts and Meanings of Natural Environment Experience 8.4. Views of Nature and Landscape Preferences 8.5. The Role of Biodiversity Note continued: 8.6. An Existential-Motivational Account 8.7. Practical Implications 8.8. Summary Glossary Suggestions for Further Reading Review Questions 9. Human Dimensions of Wildlife / Michael J. Manfredo 9.1. Introduction 9.2. Early Work: Attitudes Towards Wildlife 9.3. The Cognitive Hierarchy 9.4. Wildlife Value Orientations 9.5. Predicting Norms and Attitudes Towards Wildlife 9.6. Emotions Towards Wildlife 9.7. Summary Glossary Suggestions for Further Reading Review Questions 10. Children and the Natural Environment / Agnes van den Berg 10.1. Introduction 10.2. Childhood Experiences with Nature 10.3. Nature and Children's Health and Well-Being 10.3.1. Physical Health Benefits 10.3.2. Mental Health Benefits 10.3.3. Cognitive Benefits 10.4. Childhood Nature Experiences and Adult Environmentalism 10.5. Applications and Implications 10.6. Summary Glossary Suggestions for Further Reading Note continued: Review Questions 11. Appraising and Designing Built Environments that Promote Well-Being and Healthy Behaviour / Lindsay J. McCunn 11.1. Introduction 11.2. Aesthetic Appraisals of Architecture 11.2.1. Uniformities in the Appraisal of Built Space 11.2.2. Observer Differences 11.2.3. Meaning in Architecture 11.3. Three Building Design Approaches that Promote Well-Being and Healthy Behaviour in Buildings 11.3.1. Social Design 11.3.2. Biophilic Design 11.3.3. Evidence-Based Design 11.4. Summary Glossary Suggestions for Further Reading Review Questions 12. Urban Environmental Quality / Giuseppe Carrus 12.1. Introduction 12.2. Urban Settings as a Source of Stress and Discomfort 12.3. Urban Settings as a Source of Well-Being and Restoration 12.4. Residential Satisfaction A Multicomponent Concept 12.5.A Multidimensional Approach to Urban Environmental Quality 12.6. The Multi-Place Approach 12.7. Summary Note continued: Glossary Suggestions for Further Reading Review Questions 13. Environment and Quality of Life / Linda Steg 13.1. Introduction 13.2. QoL: Objective and Subjective Measures 13.3. QoL: Unidimensional and Multidimensional Measures 13.4. Environment and QoL: Research Overview 13.4.1. Which QoL Aspects are most Important? 13.4.2. To What Extent is QoL Sustained in Certain Situations? 13.4.3. How Does QoL Differ with Varying Environmental Conditions? 13.4.4. How Do Environmental Transformations Influence QoL? 13.5. Summary Glossary Suggestions for Further Reading Review Questions 14. Place Attachment / Patrick Devine-Wright 14.1. Introduction 14.2. Theories and Models of Place Attachment 14.2.1.Components of Place Attachment 14.2.2. Types of Place Attachments 14.2.3. Place Attachments Involve an Array of Emotions 14.2.4. Place Attachments as Dynamic and Socially Produced Note continued: 14.3. Applications of Place Attachment 14.4. Summary Glossary Suggestions for Further Reading Review Questions 15. How Cues in the Environment Affect Normative Behaviour / Siegwart Lindenberg 15.1. Introduction 15.2. Overarching Goals and their Relative Strengths 15.3. Environmental Cues that Directly Strengthen the Normative Goal 15.4. Environmental Cues that Directly Weaken the Normative Goal 15.5. Indirect Weakening of the Normative Goal by Environmental Cues that Strengthen the Gain Goal 15.6. Indirect Weakening of the Normative Goal by Environmental Cues that Strengthen the Hedonic Goal 15.7. Summary Glossary Suggestions for Further Reading Review Questions pt. II FACTORS INFLUENCING ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOUR 16. Measuring Environmental Behaviour / Birgitta Gatersleben 16.1. Introduction 16.2. What to Measure? Behaviour or Impact 16.2.1. Environmental Behaviour 16.2.2. Environmental Impact Note continued: 16.3. How to Measure Environmental Behaviour? 16.4. Multidimensional or Unidimensional Measures of Environmental Behaviour 16.4.1. Multidimensional Measures of Environmental Behaviour 16.4.2.A Unidimensional Measure of Environmental Behaviour 16.5. Summary Glossary Suggestions for Further Reading Review Questions 17. Values and Pro-Environmental Behaviour / John Thøgersen 17.1. Introduction 17.2. Values 17.3. Value Theories 17.3.3. Social Value Orientations 17.3.2. Schwartz's Value Theory 17.3.3. Four Key Values for Pro-Environmental Behaviour 17.4. How Values Affect Environmental Behaviour 17.5. Related Concepts 17.6. Practical Relevance of Value Research 17.7. Summary Glossary Suggestions for Further Reading Review Questions 18. Social Norms and Pro-Environmental Behaviour / P. Wesley Schultz 18.1. Introduction 18.2. What is a Social Norm? 18.3. How Influential are Norms on Behaviour? Note continued: 18.4. Why Do People Conform to Norms? 18.5. When Do Norms Influence Behaviour? 18.5.1. Salience 18.5.2. Group Size 18.5.3. Reference Groups 18.5.4. Personal Norms 18.5.5. Norm Conflict and the Importance of Aligned Messages 18.6. Summary Glossary Suggestions for Further Reading Review Questions 19. Emotions and Pro-Environmental Behaviour / Leonie Venhoeven 19.1. Introduction 19.2. Emotions as a Motive for Action 19.3. Hedonic and Eudaimonic View on Emotions 19.4. Why Pro-Environmental Behaviour Elicits Positive Emotions: A Closer Look at the Eudaimonic View 19.5. Summary Glossary Suggestions for Further Reading Review Questions 20. Symbolic Aspects of Environmental Behaviour / Ellen van der Werff 20.1. Introduction 20.2. Identity 20.2.1. Environmental Self-Identity and Behaviour 20.2.2. Factors Influencing Identity 20.3. Impression Management 20.4. Summary Glossary Note continued: Suggestions for Further Reading Review Questions 21. Social Dilemmas: Motivational, Individual, and Structural Aspects Influencing Cooperation / Andreas Nilsson 21.1. Introduction 21.2. Defining Social Dilemmas 21.3. Types of Social Dilemmas 21.3.1. Large-Scale Dilemmas 21.3.2. Resource Dilemmas 21.3.3. Public Good Dilemmas 21.4. Motives in Social Dilemmas 21.4.1. Greed 21.4.2. Efficiency 21.4.3. Fairness 21.5. Factors Promoting Cooperation 21.5.1. Group Size 21.5.2.Communication 21.53. Response Efficacy 21.5.4. Environmental Uncertainty 21.5.5. Social Uncertainty 21.5.6. Norms in Large-Scale Dilemmas 21.6. Summary Glossary Suggestions for Further Reading Review Questions 22. Theories to Explain Environmental Behaviour / Annika Nordlund 22.1. Introduction 22.2. Theory of Planned Behaviour 22.3. Protection Motivation Theory 22.4. The Norm Activation Model Note continued: 22.5. The Value-Belief-Norm Theory of Environmentalism 22.6. Goal-Framing Theory 22.7. Summary Glossary Suggestions for Further Reading Review Questions 23. The Role of Group Processes in Environmental Issues, Attitudes, and Behaviours / Kelly Fielding 23.1. Introduction 23.2. Why Should Environmental Psychologists be Interested in Group Processes? 23.3. How the Social Identity Approach Explains Environmental Conflict 23.4. Why Social Identity Guides Environmental Attitudes and Behaviours 23.4.1. Group Norms Guide Environmental Attitudes and Behaviours 23.4.2. Group Members Influence Environmental Attitudes and Behaviours 23.4.3. Group Identification Influences Environmental Attitudes and Behaviours 23.5. Why Social Identity can Affect Cooperation on Environmental Issues 23.6. How the Social Identity Approach Explains Environmental Group Formation 23.7. Summary Glossary Suggestions for Further Reading Note continued: Review Questions 24. Yesterday's Habits Preventing Change for Tomorrow? About the Influence of Automaticity on Environmental Behaviour / Has Verplanken 24.1. Introduction 24.2. Theoretical Background: How Habits are Acquired 24.3. Narrowing Down Decision-Making: How Habits Affect Information Use 24.4. Measuring Habits: A Challenge for Research 24.5. Breaking Bad Habits, Creating Good Habits: Interventions Changing Routine Behaviour 24.6. Summary Glossary Suggestions for Further Reading Review Questions 25. Environmental Psychology in Latin America / Emilio Moyano-Diaz 25.1. Introduction 25.2. Latin American Background 25.3. Past Reviews on Environmental Psychology in Latin America 25.4. Recent Developments in Environmental Psychology in Latin America 25.5. Key Issues for the Development of Research in Latin America 25.5.1. Lack of Collaboration 21.5.2. Few Possibilities to Publish in Spanish or Portuguese Note continued: 25.5.3. Academic Training in Environmental Psychology 25.6. Summary Glossary Suggestions for Further Reading Review Questions pt. III ENCOURAGING PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOUR 26. Informational Strategies to Promote Pro-Environmental Behaviour: Changing Knowledge, Awareness, and Attitudes / Ellen Matthies 26.1. Introduction 26.2. Interventions: From Research to Implementation 26.3. Informational Strategies 26.3.1. Provision of Information 26.3.2. Goal Setting 26.3.3.Commitment 26.3.4. Prompting 26.3.5. Feedback 26.4. Intervention Research: Some General Issues 26.5. Summary Glossary Suggestions for Further Reading Review Questions 27. Encouraging Pro-Environmental Behaviour with Rewards and Penalties / E. Scott Geller 27.A Introduction 27.2. Analysis of Consequences 27.3. Natural Versus Extra Consequences 27.4. When is it Appropriate to Apply Extra Consequences? Note continued: 27.5. How Should Extra Consequences be Announced and Delivered? 27.5.1. Negative Versus Positive Consequences 27.5.2. Monetary Versus Non-Monetary Consequences 27.6. Summary Glossary Suggestions for Further Reading Review Questions 28. Persuasive Technology to Promote Pro-Environmental Behaviour / Jaap Ham 28.1. Introduction 28.2. Technology and Behaviour 28.3. Persuasive Technology 28.4. Approaches to Applying Persuasive Technology 28.5. Social Influence through Smart Systems 28.5.1. The Role of Social Cues 28.5.2. Reactance 28.6. Providing Persuasive Experiences 28.7. Persuasive Technology as a Tool to Promote Behaviour Change 28.7.1. Ambient Persuasion 28.7.2. Group Interventions 28.8. Summary Glossary Suggestions for Further Reading Review Questions 29. Acceptability of Environmental Policies / Cecilia J. Bergstad 29.1. Introduction 29.2. Acceptability as a Social Dilemma Note continued: 29.3. Theoretical Framework to Explain the Acceptability of Policy Measures 29.3.1. Individual Policy Outcomes 29.3.2. Collective Policy Outcomes 29.3.3. Fair Distribution of Policy Outcomes 29.4. Procedural Fairness and Acceptability of Environmental Policies 29.5. How can Public Support Increase Over Time? An Illustration 29.6. Summary Glossary Suggestions for Further Reading Review Questions 30. Processes of Change / Maxie Schulte 30.1. Introduction 30.2. Lewin's Theory of Change 30.3. Behavioural Change: A Self Regulation Process Steered by Feedback Loops 30.3.1. Goals as Reference Values in a Feedback Loop 30.3.2. Hierarchical Organization of Goals and Feedback Loops 30.3.3. The Importance of Self Focus 30.4. Behavioural Change: It Takes Time to Overcome Resistance to Change 30.5. The Stage Model of Self-Regulated Behavioural Change 30.6. Implications for Interventions Note continued: 30.7. Empirical Validation of the SSBC 30.8. Summary Glossary Suggestions for Further Reading Review Questions 31. Simulating Social Environmental Systems / Nick Gotts 31.1. Introduction 31.2. An Introduction to Social Complexity 31.3. Social Simulation as a Methodology 31.4. Social Simulation of Environmental Behaviour 31.4.1. Using Theory in Simulation Models: Formalizing Processes of Attitude Change 31.4.2. Using Theory and Data in Models: Diffusion of Environmental Innovations 31.5. Integrating Social Simulation into Environmental Modelling 31.5.1. The Lakeland Study 31.5.2.Companion Modelling: A Study of Rice Production and Labour Migrations in North-East Thailand 31.5.3. Integrating Multiple Models of a Socioenvironmental System: Water Use in the Danube Basin 31.6. Key Steps in Building Agent-Based Models 31.6.1. Development of Models 31.6.2. Using Models 31.7. Summary Glossary Note continued: Suggestions for Further Reading Review Questions 32. Environmental Issues in Low- and Middle-Income Countries / Silvie Kraemer-Palacios 32.1. Introduction 32.2. Environmental Risk Perception, Environmental Concern, and Climate Change Perception 32.2.1. Environmental Risk Perception 32.2.2. Environmental Concern 32.2.3. Climate Change Perception 32.3. Residential Environment and Well-Being 32.3.1. Slums and Public Housing 32.3.2.Communal Spaces 32.3.3. Rural Communities 32.4. Behaviour and Behaviour Change 32.4.1. Resource Conservation 32.4.2. Sustainable Transportation 32.4.3. Recycling 32.4.4. Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene 32.5. Summary Glossary Suggestions for Further Reading Review Questions 33. Conclusion: Summary, Trends, and Future Perspectives in Environmental Psychology / Linda Steg 33.1. Summary and Key Findings 33.1.1. Part I: Environmental Influences on Human Behaviour and Well-Being Note continued: 33.1.2. Part II: Factors Influencing Environmental Behaviour 33.1.3. Part III: Encouraging Pro-Environmental Behaviour 33.2. General Trends and Developments 33.2.1. Positive Interactions Between Humans and Environments 33.2.2. Integrative Approaches 33.2.3. From One Psychology to Multiple Psychologies 33.3. Challenges for Future Research 33.3.1. Further Integration 33.3.2. Further Development of Theories and Methods 33.3.3. Further Engagement Glossary Suggestions for Further Reading Review Questions References
"Thoroughly revised and updated, the second edition [of this work] offers an overview of the interplay between humans and their environments. The text examines the influence of the environment on human experiences, behaviour and well-being and explores the factors influencing environmental behaviour, and ways to encourage pro-environmental behaviour. The revised edition is a state-of-the art review of relevant theories and research on each of these topics. With contributions from an international panel of noted experts, the text addresses a wealth of topics including the main research methods in environmental psychology; effects of environmental stress; emotional impacts and meanings of natural environment experience; aesthetic appraisals of architecture; how to measure environmental behaviour; cognitive, emotional and social factors explaining environmental behaviour; effects and acceptability of strategies to promote pro-environmental factors; and much more."--Provided by publisher
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