Exam 19: Applying Social Psychology to the Environment

In terms of personal space, the typical social distance is ____.

Of the following approaches to encouraging people to conserve water and energy, which has been most effective?

Research suggests that the major components of air pollution affect the health of ____ people in the United States.

Worldwide, about _____ people die every day from hunger- or malnutrition-related diseases every day.

The main distinction between the terms crowding and density is that crowding refers to ____, while density refers to ____.

In the study about how to encourage hotel guests to reuse their towels thereby promoting conservation, which type of message was the most effective?

Suppose that you are a ninth grade teacher, and you are trying to get your students to conserve more water and energy in their daily lives. Which of the following approaches is likely to be least successful?

Suppose that you and your four roommates decide to get a dog. Unfortunately, you are all fairly selfish with your time; no one takes responsibility for the dog, and no one communicates about the dog's needs. As a result, the dog rarely gets fed, only goes on walks occasionally, and has never once made it to the vet. In short, he is neglected, and he ultimately ends up costing you thousands of dollars in emergency room bills (which could have been avoided had you taken him to the vet early on). Social psychologists would say that the dog is a victim of ____.

The concepts of sensory overload and cognitive control are related to crowding in that sensory overload tends to ____ crowding and cognitive control tends to ____ crowding.

Which of the following is an example of a secondary territory?

One of the key barriers to solving environmental problems such as overpopulation and global warming is ____.

Confronting people with the inconsistency between their attitudes and behaviors is a strategy for promoting behavior change known as ____.

Suppose that you are a ninth grade teacher, and you are trying to get your students to conserve more water and energy in their daily lives. Which of the following approaches is likely to be most successful?

Which of the following is the best example of the one-person trap?

The subjective feeling that there are too many people in a given space is called ____.

The tendency for shared or jointly owned resources to be wasted, or used in a less-than-optimal way, is known as ____.

The most common occupational disease in the United States is ____.

At what age does awareness of personal space boundaries usually begin?

Which symptom is NOT a typical indicator of post-traumatic stress disorder?

____ territories are open to anyone who is not specifically excluded.