Recycling And Other Conservation Behaviours Flashcards

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Key research

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Lord

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Additional studies

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Yale model of persuasion
Positive reinforcement in Oregon
Luyden and Bailey
Cialdini

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Aim of Lord

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Investigate the effectiveness of different message approaches (positive or negative framing) and different message sources (advert, letter, article) in improving attitudes and behaviour recycling

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Sample of Lord

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140 households from metropolitan area with 20 per condition
In the North-East of USA

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Matching conditions in Lord’s study

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Quota sampling to match each household per condition to avoid race and gender bias

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Message source conditions for Lord

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A personal letter signed by student addressed to acquaintance
Local news publication article
Advert of fake company

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Message framing conditions for Lord

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Positive = benefits of recycling
Negative = consequences of not recycling

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7 Conditions of Lord

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Control condition no message received
Positive/ negative letter
Positive/ negative news article
Positive/ negative advert

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First observation of Lord

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Students completed covert observation on every household’s recycling bin on bin collection day
Measured number of items recycled and what they recycled

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What happened after Lord’s first observation?

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Dependent on the condition, the household received a message (or no message) delivered to their front door

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Second observation of Lord

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Repeat the observation after message was delivered to house front door
Count number of recycled items

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How did we assess behavioural impact on Lord?

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Compare number of items put to be recycled in Second observation vs first observation

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How did we assess attitude change in Lord?

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Send out a survey after the second observation to find attitudes to recycling

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Survey for Lord consisted of…

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Semantic differential (7 point rating scale) questions to assess attitude
And questions asked about gender, age etc of each participant

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Results of Lord: who reported significantly more positive attitudes to recycling?

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Those who received a positive framed message compared to a negative framed message

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Lord results: which message source caused the highest increase in recycling behaviour?

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Those who received a personal letter

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Yale model of persuasion

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There are 4 major factors that determine if communication will be persuasive:
The source
The message
The recipient of the message
The situation

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Yale model of persuasion: what must the source be?

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The message source (eg presenter, advert, article, letter) must be attractive, credible and trustworthy

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Yale model of persuasion: what must the message be?

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Contain a counter argument to persuade a well educated audience
Contain one sided argument to persuade a less educated audience

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Yale model of persuasion: how does the recipient of the message affect the persuasiveness?

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If they are resistant to change then small attitude changes must occur to persuade
If they are more neutral then a big attitude change can occur

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Yale model of persuasion: what situation means persuasion is more likely?

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Casual situations than formal situations
More likely to sign petitions

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Yale model of persuasion: the 3 stages of effective communication (that leads to an audience being persuaded)

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Pay Attention to the message first
Understand the message
Accept and believe the message

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Luyben and Bailey study was on…

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How proximity to facilities for conservation (recycling) increases conservation behaviours (recycling)

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What did Luyben and Bailey do?

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Increase number of recycling facilities nearby 4 mobile home parks

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Effect of Luyben and Bailey?
52% increase in recycling newspapers if more recycling facilities are nearby
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Positive reinforcement in Oregon
To encourage behaviour after it took place (consequent strategy) by using positive reinforcement (giving something pleasant) In Oregon, you get 5 cents for every bottle recycled Dramatically increased recycling behaviour
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Cialdini’s experiment
Investigating the effect of leaving 5 diff messages in hotel guest rooms to encourage reusing towels to see which type of message is most effective
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Cialdini’s sample
260 guest hotel rooms Divided into 5 groups: each received a different message
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In Cialdini’s experiment what are examples of the messages left?
‘Join fellow citizens in helping to save the environment’ (social norm message) ‘Help the hotel save money’
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Results of Cialdini’s experiment
Most successful message was social norm one where 41% reused their towels People are more likely to copy behaviour if it is presented as a social norm eg that’s what everyone’s behaviour is