Exam 19: Applying Social Psychology to the Environment

A teenager riding in the backseat of a car watches someone throw a match onto a hillside. The fire will not be detected by local authorities for several hours, at which point acres and acres of land will have been scorched. The teenager, having not reported what he saw to anyone, apparently fell into the social trap known as ____.

Humans obtain approximately ____% of their energy from nonrenewable, nonsustainable resources such as oil, coal, and gas.