Exam 14: Making a Difference With Social Psychology: Attaining a Sustainable Future

Research by Van Vugt and Samuelson (1999), in which water meters were installed in houses in one community, suggests that one way to resolve social dilemmas is to

Humans' rapid consumption of natural resources such as fossil fuels and difficulty finding places to put their garbage are symptoms of the underlying problem of

A number of years ago, the Chinese government adopted a "One Child" rule, in which parents are only allowed to have one child per couple.Such a policy was aimed at addressing the problem of overpopulation by

Mr.Bernes owns several factories and is concerned with his employees wasting energy.Based on evidence presented in your text about competition and energy consumption, what should Mr.Bernes do?

What are the two reasons your text discusses as to why working toward a goal makes people happier? Working toward a goal

An experiment would be the best type of research design to determine whether Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD) works.Why?

Recall that when researchers provided workers in a unit of a Dutch factory with feedback on energy consumption in other units, energy-saving behaviors drastically increased.These results point to ________ as a useful process in encouraging energy-saving behaviors.

Amanda is getting ready to go out.Amanda decides to wear slacks even though the invitation says the dress requirement is "Cocktail dresses for ladies." Amanda is violating the ________ norm.

All of the following social psychological "tips and tricks" have been shown to improve people's environmentally damaging behaviors EXCEPT

Professor Martinez always throws paper and soft drink cans into the garbage.Based on research related to water conservation (e.g., Dickerson et al., 1992), how might he be encouraged to recycle?

One way to encourage more people to recycle would be to institute curbside recycling.This includes providing free containers for sorting glass, paper, and aluminum, and increasing the number of recycling bins throughout a community.These strategies are likely to work, given Kurt Lewin's early assertion that

Research (Van Vugt & Samuelson, 1999) in which water meters were installed in houses in one community, suggests that when people can monitor their own use of a scarce common resource, they may use less of that resource because

Several automakers have recently come out with hybrid engines which rely partially on gasoline and partially on electricity.Such innovations are examples of solving environmental problems by