unit 4 part 1

Question 1

Behavioural intention is not the same as impact

Question 2

Low-impact behaviours

Answer 2

• Refusing plastic bags in stores
• Recycling
   Switching lights-off

Question 3

High-impact behaviours

Answer 3

• Overall consumption of energy and resources
   Lifestyle choices (type of housing, transportation, diet)

Question 4

Behaviour is more than just a
product of attitudes…

Answer 4

• Household energy use is most strongly related to non-attitude factors:
  Income
  Household size
  Age
  Health
  Weather

Question 5

Gender

Answer 5

• women tend to report more enviroment concern,more in behaviour,and more concern to enviroment policy

Question 6

age

Answer 6

• young people care about the enviroment more but older more enviromenter behaviour

Question 7

income

Answer 7

lower income people and countries have less enviroment footprint(behviour)

Question 8

knowledge

Answer 8

• Assumption: Lack of knowledge is the problem
   Information-deficit theory: Model that assumes a causal
  progression between knowledge, concern and behaviour
   It has been largely discredited
   Knowledge and awareness are important, but not sufficient to change behaviours

Question 9

Self-efficacy(belive you have a power to make a difference) & perceived control

Answer 9

people high in self-efficency tend to make more behavioural enviromental changes - ?

Question 10

External contextual factors

Answer 10

1. Interpersonal influences
2. Structural determinants
3. Social context

Question 11

1. Inter-personal influence:
   Social norms

Answer 11

Standards of acceptable
individual and group behaviour

Informal agreements that
govern behavior
Pexels.com

Question 12

1. Inter-personal influence:
   Social comparison

Answer 12

helps our unsistable behaviour
ex:i want to be more or as wealthy as him so i will by products to look like i am

Question 13

1. Inter-personal influence:
   Community expectations

Answer 13

Globally, we spend less money in climate-related financing than in advertisement and this impacts Persuasion & advertisement

Question 14

2. Structural determinantsInfrastructure & built environment

Answer 14

• public transit (although not the hole provincens)
• new policies no plastic bags
  *bieclings
• most public places/system for recyling

Question 15

2. Structural determinants:
   Geo-physical factors

Answer 15

• need to use heat in colder places that impacts how we behave
• walking is hard in colder enviroment so take the car

Question 16

3. Social context:Laws, regulations & policies

Answer 16

• dengers prevents public transit

Question 17

3. Social context:
   Economic incentives

Answer 17

 Prices do not include externalities
 Energy taxation (e.g. carbon tax)
 Monetary inducements and penalties
* price of cars(examples)