Exam 19: Applying Social Psychology to the Environment

Jada knows that the lobby of her office is extremely crowded between 11:45 and 1:15 when people are going to lunch or picking up lunch orders. Although Jada hates crowds, simply knowing when the lobby is crowded increases her sense of ____ control.

Research suggests that ____ can negatively impact employee work performance.

According to social psychological research, which of the following is NOT a particularly effective way to shift people's attitudes and behaviors regarding the environment?

People are less likely to engage in the commons dilemma when ____.

Worldwide, the population increases by about ____ million people annually.

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 ____.

Air pollution is the ____ leading cause of mortality worldwide.

After a badly rusted storage tank leaked into the river that supplies drinking water for a large region, the owners of the tank deliberately withhold information about the chemicals that had been stored in the tank. This is best described as the ____ trap.

The term ambient environment refers to the ____.

A high-context culture is ____ than a low-context culture.

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

Personalization-for example putting up pictures and cartoons in one's cubicle at work-is an example of ____.