Environment, Ethics & Behavior The Phychology of Envirmental Valuation & Degradation

by Bazerman, Max H.; Tenbrunsel, Ann E.; Messick, David M.

• ISBN13: 9780787908096
• ISBN10: 0787908096
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-06-03
• Publisher: Jason Aronson, Inc.

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Table of Contents

Preface	xi
The Authors	xiii
Introduction	1	(12)
Ann E. Tenbrunsel
Kimberly A. Wade-Benzoni
David M. Messick
Max H. Bazerman
PART ONE The Psychology and Economics of Environmental Valuation
Reference States, Fairness, and Choice of Measure to Value Environmental Changes	13	(20)
Jack L. Knetsch
How People Value the Environment: Attitudes Versus Economic Values	33	(19)
Ilana Ritov
Daniel Kahneman
Predicting Reactions to Environmental Change	52	(23)
George Loewenstein
Shane Frederick
PART TWO Barriers to Environmentally Friendly Behavior
Environmental Disputes: Competition for Scarce Resources and Clashing of Values	75	(30)
Leigh L. Thompson
Richard Gonzalez
The Dysfunctional Aspects of Environmental Standards	105	(17)
Ann E. Tenbrunsel
Kimberly A. Wade-Benzoni
David M. Messick
Max H. Bazerman
Attitudes, Attitude Structure, and Resistance to Change: Implications for Persuasion on Environmental Issues	122	(32)
Alice H. Eagly
Patrick Kulesa
Waste Heuristics: The Desire Not to Waste Versus the Desire for New Things	154	(17)
Hal R. Arkes
Laura Hutzel
PART THREE Mental Models of the Environment
Knowledge and Action: Cultural Models of Nature and Resource Management in Mesoamerica	171	(38)
Scott Atran
Douglas L. Medin
Mental Models of Population Growth: A Preliminary Investigation	209	(25)
Dedre Gentner
Eric W. Whitley
Why Is the Northern Elite Mind Biased Against Community, the Environment, and a Sustainable Future?	234	(43)
Thomas N. Gladwin
William E. Newburry
Edward D. Reiskin
PART FOUR Assessment of Risk and the Environment
Trust, Emotion, Sex, Politics, and Science: Surveying the Risk-Assessment Battlefield	277	(37)
Paul Slovic
Perception and Expectation of Climate Change: Precondition for Economic and Technological Adaptation	314	(28)
Elke U. Weber
Ranking Risks	342	(31)
Baruch Fischhoff
Name Index	373	(12)
Subject Index	385