Current Ultrasonic Nondestructive Testing Developmemts in the United Kingdom

Curtis, G.J.

doi:10.1109/ultsym.1974.196427

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“…The need to belong can explain the power of conforming to descriptive social norms for energy use (Schultz, Nolan, Cialdini, Goldstein, & Griskevicius, 2007). Consumption can also be promoted as a way to satisfy a need for autonomy or competence and to reach one's individual potential (i.e., become self-actualized; Berger, 2006; Curtis, 2002; Lavine, 2006). Yet it is possible that even if these core needs and goals predict consumption, environmental consumption may not satisfy these needs, in the same way that meeting extrinsically oriented goals does not satisfy needs for subjective well-being (Kasser et al, 2004; Kasser & Ryan, 1993).…”

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Human behavioral contributions to climate change: Psychological and contextual drivers.

Swim

Clayton

Howard

2011

American Psychologist

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We first present quantitative models that link population and consumption to climate change. After establishing this link, we examine characteristics and predictors of population growth. Much of this research has been done outside of psychology, for example, by demographers. We suggest ways in which psychology could contribute more to this discussion. The link between population and climate change flows through the collective impact of environmentally significant patterns of consumption. Therefore, we provide a psychological analysis of consumption via a model that includes predictors and consequences of environmental consumption. We then elaborate on the model by first disaggregating consumption behaviors into those that have direct (environmental consumption) and indirect (economic consumption) impacts on climate change. Then we illustrate what psychology can contribute to the understanding of psychological and cultural predictors of consumption while recognizing structural, economic, and physical constraints on consumption decisions. Last, we reflect on the ethical implications of considering constraints and changes in population and consumption.

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