Question 1

Some so-called climate change ""deniers"" don't actually doubt climate change itself, but do doubt that it is caused by humans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Individuals who are high in integrative complexity are

Accepted Answer

A) low in conceptual complexity. 
B) low in need for cognition. 
C) low in need for closure. 
D) high on need for cognition, conceptual complexity, and need for closure. 
A) low in conceptual complexity. 
B) low in need for cognition. 
C) low in need for closure. 
D) high on need for cognition, conceptual complexity, and need for closure.

Question 3

Environmental concern focused on negative impacts to ecological systems, including nonhuman animals, plants, oceans, and so on, stems from __________ values.

Accepted Answer

A) egoistic 
B) biospheric 
C) ecologistic 
D) altruistic 
A) egoistic 
B) biospheric 
C) ecologistic 
D) altruistic

Question 4

People with proenvironmental attitudes are generally eager to adopt the social identity ""environmentalist.""

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

All of the major dimensions of personality have been shown to predict proenvironmental concern and/or behavior. Describe the dimension of Agreeableness, and explain why it makes sense that this characteristic would be positively correlated with a proenvironmental orientation.

Accepted Answer

Agreeableness is a personality dimension

Question 6

Some individuals are inclined to think harder than others.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The derogatory term ""tree-hugger"" came into use when women in India wrapped their arms around trees to prevent logging.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Which of the following is false with regard to individual differences in nature connected identity?

Accepted Answer

A) Researchers have settled on a standard way to assess this individual difference. 
B) Individuals whose identities are more nature connected tend to behave more sustainably. 
C) There seem to be nature identity subtypes, such as ""gardner"" and ""energy saver."" 
D) How nature connected one's identity is may be influenced by significant life experiences in childhood. 
A) Researchers have settled on a standard way to assess this individual difference. 
B) Individuals whose identities are more nature connected tend to behave more sustainably. 
C) There seem to be nature identity subtypes, such as ""gardner"" and ""energy saver."" 
D) How nature connected one's identity is may be influenced by significant life experiences in childhood.

Question 9

Which of the following is not an example of an individual difference that affects behavior?

Accepted Answer

A) knowledge and beliefs 
B) attitudes and values 
C) biased thinking and automaticity 
D) personality and social identity 
A) knowledge and beliefs 
B) attitudes and values 
C) biased thinking and automaticity 
D) personality and social identity

Question 10

What is the ""white male effect"" in environmental risk perception research? How is this effect related to the concepts of ""cultural cognition"" and ""social identity""?

Accepted Answer

The "white male effect" in environmental

Question 11

The anecdote about the student who defiantly threw his recyclable bottle in the trash, asserting, ""I'm not a campus liberal!"" illustrates the fact that individuals are resistant to adopt behaviors that ___________.

Accepted Answer

A) contrast with their personalities 
B) threaten their social identities 
C) contradict their personal identities 
D) All of the above. 
A) contrast with their personalities 
B) threaten their social identities 
C) contradict their personal identities 
D) All of the above.

Question 12

Which of the following is not a factor that predicts the development of materialistic values during childhood development?

Accepted Answer

A) genetic inheritance 
B) exposure to materialistic messages on TV 
C) unavailable or unreliable parenting 
D) role models who exhibit materialistic values 
A) genetic inheritance 
B) exposure to materialistic messages on TV 
C) unavailable or unreliable parenting 
D) role models who exhibit materialistic values

Question 13

Individuals who believe that outcomes depend on chance, fate, luck, or divine will are said to possess _______________.

Accepted Answer

A) an internal locus of control 
B) an external locus of control 
C) a belief in a just world 
D) an environmental local of control 
A) an internal locus of control 
B) an external locus of control 
C) a belief in a just world 
D) an environmental local of control

Question 14

How might an individual's social identity promote or discourage sustainable behavior? Describe examples of social identities in your community that likely influence individuals' environmentally relevant behavior and explain why.

Accepted Answer

An individual's social identity can both

Question 15

Research suggests that policy-makers tend to have higher ecological literacy and environmental knowledge than members of the general public.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Measures of environmental attitudes tend to rely on self-report.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Two individuals with opposing beliefs may interpret the same set of information differently.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

When researchers measured participants' nature connected identity and past experience with nature skills activities, they found that

Accepted Answer

A) participants who were highly experienced in nature tended to have stronger nature connected identity. 
B) some participants were high on the identity measure but low on the experience measure, and vice versa. 
C) there were gender differences in the pattern of results. 
D) all of the above. 
A) participants who were highly experienced in nature tended to have stronger nature connected identity. 
B) some participants were high on the identity measure but low on the experience measure, and vice versa. 
C) there were gender differences in the pattern of results. 
D) all of the above.

Question 19

According to research on German adults, which of the following is false regarding Ecological Belief in a Just World (EBJW)?

Accepted Answer

A) EBJW is significantly negatively correlated with reluctance to purchase energy-saving devices. 
B) EBJW is significantly positively correlated with outrage about conservation-related limits to personal freedom. 
C) EBJW is significantly positively correlated with outrage about conservation-related limits to economic growth. 
D) EBJW is significantly negatively correlated with feeling a sense of responsibility for energy conservation. 
A) EBJW is significantly negatively correlated with reluctance to purchase energy-saving devices. 
B) EBJW is significantly positively correlated with outrage about conservation-related limits to personal freedom. 
C) EBJW is significantly positively correlated with outrage about conservation-related limits to economic growth. 
D) EBJW is significantly negatively correlated with feeling a sense of responsibility for energy conservation.

Question 20

Both optimistic thinking and pessimistic thinking could lead individuals to behave more or less sustainably.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Some so-called climate change ""deniers"" don't actually doubt climate change itself, but do doubt that it is caused by humans.

Individuals who are high in integrative complexity are

Environmental concern focused on negative impacts to ecological systems, including nonhuman animals, plants, oceans, and so on, stems from __________ values.

People with proenvironmental attitudes are generally eager to adopt the social identity ""environmentalist.""

All of the major dimensions of personality have been shown to predict proenvironmental concern and/or behavior. Describe the dimension of Agreeableness, and explain why it makes sense that this characteristic would be positively correlated with a proenvironmental orientation.

Some individuals are inclined to think harder than others.

The derogatory term ""tree-hugger"" came into use when women in India wrapped their arms around trees to prevent logging.

Which of the following is false with regard to individual differences in nature connected identity?

Which of the following is not an example of an individual difference that affects behavior?

What is the ""white male effect"" in environmental risk perception research? How is this effect related to the concepts of ""cultural cognition"" and ""social identity""?

The anecdote about the student who defiantly threw his recyclable bottle in the trash, asserting, ""I'm not a campus liberal!"" illustrates the fact that individuals are resistant to adopt behaviors that ___________.

Which of the following is not a factor that predicts the development of materialistic values during childhood development?

Individuals who believe that outcomes depend on chance, fate, luck, or divine will are said to possess _______________.

How might an individual's social identity promote or discourage sustainable behavior? Describe examples of social identities in your community that likely influence individuals' environmentally relevant behavior and explain why.

Research suggests that policy-makers tend to have higher ecological literacy and environmental knowledge than members of the general public.

Measures of environmental attitudes tend to rely on self-report.

Two individuals with opposing beliefs may interpret the same set of information differently.

When researchers measured participants' nature connected identity and past experience with nature skills activities, they found that

According to research on German adults, which of the following is false regarding Ecological Belief in a Just World (EBJW)?

Both optimistic thinking and pessimistic thinking could lead individuals to behave more or less sustainably.

What on Earth Are We Doing

How Did We Get Here Power, Privilege, and a Paradigm Problem

Where Do We Go From Here Applying an Ecological Worldview

Psychology Can Help Save the Planet

The Power of the Unsustainable Situation

Its Not Easy Thinking Green

To Be Green or Not to Be Green Its a Question of Motivation

Making Ourselves Sick

Healing the Split Between Planet and Self

When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Together

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Exam 7: Putting the I in Environment

Some so-called climate change ""deniers"" don't actually doubt climate change itself, but do doubt that it is caused by humans.

Individuals who are high in integrative complexity are

Environmental concern focused on negative impacts to ecological systems, including nonhuman animals, plants, oceans, and so on, stems from __________ values.

People with proenvironmental attitudes are generally eager to adopt the social identity ""environmentalist.""

All of the major dimensions of personality have been shown to predict proenvironmental concern and/or behavior. Describe the dimension of Agreeableness, and explain why it makes sense that this characteristic would be positively correlated with a proenvironmental orientation.

Some individuals are inclined to think harder than others.

The derogatory term ""tree-hugger"" came into use when women in India wrapped their arms around trees to prevent logging.

Which of the following is false with regard to individual differences in nature connected identity?

Which of the following is not an example of an individual difference that affects behavior?

What is the ""white male effect"" in environmental risk perception research? How is this effect related to the concepts of ""cultural cognition"" and ""social identity""?

The anecdote about the student who defiantly threw his recyclable bottle in the trash, asserting, ""I'm not a campus liberal!"" illustrates the fact that individuals are resistant to adopt behaviors that ___________.

Which of the following is not a factor that predicts the development of materialistic values during childhood development?

Individuals who believe that outcomes depend on chance, fate, luck, or divine will are said to possess _______________.

How might an individual's social identity promote or discourage sustainable behavior? Describe examples of social identities in your community that likely influence individuals' environmentally relevant behavior and explain why.

Research suggests that policy-makers tend to have higher ecological literacy and environmental knowledge than members of the general public.

Measures of environmental attitudes tend to rely on self-report.

Two individuals with opposing beliefs may interpret the same set of information differently.

When researchers measured participants' nature connected identity and past experience with nature skills activities, they found that

According to research on German adults, which of the following is false regarding Ecological Belief in a Just World (EBJW)?

Both optimistic thinking and pessimistic thinking could lead individuals to behave more or less sustainably.

What on Earth Are We Doing

How Did We Get Here Power, Privilege, and a Paradigm Problem

Where Do We Go From Here Applying an Ecological Worldview

Psychology Can Help Save the Planet

The Power of the Unsustainable Situation

Its Not Easy Thinking Green

To Be Green or Not to Be Green Its a Question of Motivation

Making Ourselves Sick

Healing the Split Between Planet and Self

When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Together

Filters