Navigating cognition biases in the search of sustainability

JO Engler, DJ Abson, H von Wehrden - Ambio, 2019 - Springer
We provide a conceptual review of the available knowledge on the role of human cognition
biases for sustainability and sustainable behavior. Human cognition biases are defined as …

Investigating similarities and differences in individual reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic and the climate crisis

N Geiger, A Gore, CV Squire, SZ Attari - Climatic Change, 2021 - Springer
How can individuals' responses to the coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic be
used to inform constructive responses for climate action? We present an exploratory, mixed …

Selfish-rational non-vaccination: Experimental evidence from an interactive vaccination game

R Böhm, C Betsch, L Korn - Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper provides an experimental game model–the Interactive Vaccination (I-Vax) Game–
in order to investigate the behavioral consequences of risks from disease and from …

Credibility, communication, and climate change: How lifestyle inconsistency and do-gooder derogation impact decarbonization advocacy

G Sparkman, SZ Attari - Energy Research & Social Science, 2020 - Elsevier
The present research examines two distinct pitfalls for advocates aiming to motivate others
to use renewable energy and reduce their carbon footprint. Recent research has found that …

Moderating spillover: Focusing on personal sustainable behavior rarely hinders and can boost climate policy support

G Sparkman, SZ Attari, EU Weber - Energy Research & Social Science, 2021 - Elsevier
A successful climate movement must make progress on two fronts: widely adopting behavior
changes to reduce emissions and achieving structural changes through climate policy …

Climate change demands behavioral change: What are the challenges?

EU Weber - Social Research: An International Quarterly, 2015 - muse.jhu.edu
There is no silver bullet—no single solution to get us to a sustainable climate. There is,
however, silver buckshot: a combination of political, technological, economic, and …

Investigating willingness to save energy and communication about energy use in the American workplace with the attitude-behavior-context model

X Xu, A Maki, C Chen, B Dong, JK Day - Energy research & social science, 2017 - Elsevier
Drawing on the attitude-behavior-context model, this study examined how attitudinal factors
(energy saving belief and belief about the link between comfort and productivity) and …

Social psychological correlates of protective behaviours in the COVID‐19 outbreak: Evidence and recommendations from a nationally representative sample

LS Moussaoui, ND Ofosu… - … Psychology: Health and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background A clear picture of people's adoption of protective behaviours, and a thorough
understanding of psychosocial correlates in the context of contagious diseases such as …

Social nudging: The effect of social feedback interventions on vaccine uptake.

L Korn, C Betsch, R Böhm, NW Meier - Health Psychology, 2018 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: Most vaccines provide indirect community protection by preventing the
transmission of the disease. Paradoxically, this effect can also motivate omission of …

Transforming energy use

SZ Attari - Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
Connecting individual energy-related perceptions and behaviors to the larger climate
system is a daunting task. What can individuals do to change the system itself? How do we …