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Title Encouraging sustainable behavior : psychology and the environment / edited by Hans C.M. van Trijp
Published New York : Psychology, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (x, 261 pages)
Contents 1. Multiple Selves in Sustainable Consumption: An Introduction -- 2. Marketing and Sustainable Development: A Social Marketing Perspective / Yana R. Avramova / Hans C.M. van Trijp -- 3. Twenty-Seven Thoughts About Multiple Selves, Sustainable Consumption, and Human Evolution / Hans C.M. van Trijp / Janneke de Jonge / Arnout R.H. Fischer -- 4. Goal-Framing Theory and Norm-Guided Environmental Behavior / Geoffrey Miller -- 5.A Fairly Mechanical Method for Policy Innovation / Linda Steg / Siegwart Lindenberg -- 6.I Just Recycled. Can I Use the Car Now? When People Continue or Discontinue Behaving Sustainably after an Initial Sustainable Act / Isaac M. Dinner / Daniel G. Goldstein -- 7. Think Globally, Act Locally: Construal Levels and Environmentally Relevant Decision Making / Yana R. Avramova / Marijn H.C. Meijers / Marret K. Noordewier
8. Is the Sky Falling? The Notion of the Absurd Versus the Feeling of the Absurd / Kentaro Fujita / Antonio L. Freitas / Sheri L. Clark -- 9. Consequences of System Defense Motivations for Individuals' Willingness to Act Sustainably / Travis Proulx -- 10. From Weakness to Strength: Low Self-Control Can Be Good for Sustainability / Aaron C. Kay / Jillian C. Banfield / Steven Shepherd -- 11.A Neuroaffective Perspective on Why People Fail to Live a Sustainable Lifestyle / Kathleen D. Vohs / Bob M. Fennis -- 12. Acting on Emotion / Jennifer N. Gutsell / Michael Inzlicht -- 13. The Psychology of Sustainability: Attitudes, Identities, Actions, and Engaging with the Welfare of Others / Marcel Zeelenberg / Janne van Doorn -- 14. Toward Sustainable Social Identities: Including Our Collective Future Into the Self-Concept / Paul Sparks
15. The Use of Hypocrisy for Promoting Environmentally Sustainable Behaviors / Thomas Morton / Martijn van Zomeren / Anna Rabinovich / Tom Postmes -- 16. This Was All Very Interesting, But How Can We Use It? A Practitioner's Guide to Sustainable Behavior / Jeff Stone / Elizabeth S. Focella -- 17. Recurring Themes on Sustainable Behavior and Their Implications for Intervention / Saskia A. Schwinghammer
Summary Increasingly it is being recognized that consumer behavior may be a key trigger in the march toward sustainable development. Several lines of psychological theory and approaches have been developed relatively independently, each of which may provide major implications and action points on how consumers might be moved toward more sustainable behavior. This book is the first that brings together this variety of perspectives and theoretical angles around the common ambition of sustainable development. The contributors are all leading social scientists in the field of consumer behavior wh
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Subject Consumer behavior.
Sustainable development -- Psychological aspects
Consumption (Economics)
Electronic books.
e-books.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industrial Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management Science.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Organizational Behavior.
Consumer behavior
Consumption (Economics)
Form Electronic book
Author Trijp, Hans van (Johannes Cornelia Maria van)
ISBN 9781136496356
1136496351
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9781136496318
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