READINGS
THEORIES OF ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR
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REadings
Week 1
Week 1
Sandberg, J., & Alvesson, M. (2021). Meanings of theory: Clarifying theory through typification. Journal of Management Studies, 58(2), 487-516. PDF
Sutton, R. I., & Staw, B. M. (1995). What theory is not. Administrative Science Quarterly, 40, 317-384. PDF
Smaldino, P. (2019). Better methods can't make up for mediocre theory. Nature, 575(7783), 9. PDF
*Stern 2018 (chapter 1) PDF
*Abend 2008 PDF
Week 2
Week 2
Jaccard, J., & Jacoby, J. (2020). The nature of understanding. In J. Jaccard & J. Jacoby, Theory construction and model-building skills (pp. 7-21). Guilford Press. PDF
Shoemaker, P. J., Tankard, J. W., Lasorsa, D. L. (2004). Theoretical models. In P. J. Shoemaker, J. W. Tankard, & D. L. Lasorsa, How to build social science theories (pp. 107-144). Sage. PDF
Moon, K., & Blackman, D. (2014). A guide to understanding social science research for natural scientists. Conservation Biology, 28(5), 1167-1177. PDF
Kivunja, C., & Kuyini, A. B. (2017). Understanding and applying research paradigms in educational contexts. International Journal of Higher Education, 6(5), 26-41. PDF
*Shoemaker et al. 2004 (chapters 2-4) PDF
*Foschi 1997 PDF
Week 3
Week 3
Blumer, H. (1980). Mead and Blumer: The convergent methodological perspectives of social behaviorism and symbolic interactionism. American Sociological Review, 45(3), 409-419. PDF
Fine, G. A. (1993). The sad demise, mysterious disappearance, and glorious triumph of symbolic interactionism. Annual Review of Sociology, 19, 61-87. PDF
Jackson, J. (1966). A conceptual and measurement model for norms and roles. The Pacific Sociological Review, 9(1), 35–47. PDF
Nolan, J. M. (2015). Using Jackson’s return potential model to explore the normativeness of recycling. Environment and Behavior, 47(8), 835-855. PDF
Wallen, K. E., & Kyle, G. T. (2018). Extending the return potential model with a descriptive normative belief measure. Society & Natural Resources, 31(10), 1206-1212. PDF
*Stryker & Vryan 2003 PDF
Week 4
Week 4
Jacob, G. R., & Schreyer, R. (1980). Conflict in outdoor recreation: A theoretical perspective. Journal of Leisure Research, 12(4), 368-380. PDF
Watson, A. E., Niccolucci, M. J., & Williams, D. R. (1994). The nature of conflict between hikers and recreational stock users in the John Muir Wilderness. Journal of Leisure Research, 26(4), 372-372. PDF
Vaske, J. J., Carothers, P., Donnelly, M. P. & Baird, B. (2000). Recreation conflict among skiers and snowboarders. Leisure Sciences, 22(4), 297-313. PDF
Week 5
Week 5
McCombs, M. E., & Shaw, D. L. (1972). The agenda-setting function of mass media. Public Opinion Quarterly, 36(2), 176-187. PDF
Scheufele, D. A. (2000). Agenda-setting, priming, and framing revisited: Another look at cognitive effects of political communication. Mass Communication & Society, 3, 297-316. PDF
Russell Neuman, W., Guggenheim, L., Mo Jang, S., & Bae, S. Y. (2014). The Dynamics of Public Attention: Agenda-Setting Theory Meets Big Data. Journal of Communication, 64(2), 193–214. PDF
Shafi, A. (2017). Personal Experience Versus Media Coverage: Testing the Issue Obtrusiveness Condition of Agenda-Setting Theory in a Developing Country. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 94(4), 1056–1072. PDF
Week 6 NO CLASS
Week 6 NO CLASS
Ostrom, E., Burger, J., Field, C. B., Norgaard, R. B., & Policansky, D. (1999). Revisiting the commons: Local lessons, global challenges. Science, 284(5412), 278-282. PDF
Anderies, J. M., & Janssen, M. A. (2013). Sustaining the commons (pp. 3-47). Center For Behavior, Institutions And The Environment. PDF
Ostrom, E. (2007). A diagnostic approach for going beyond panaceas. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104(39), 15181-15187. PDF
Ostrom, E. (2009). A general framework for analyzing sustainability of social-ecological systems. Science, 325(5939), 419-422. PDF
Week 7
Week 7
Proshansky, H. M., Fabian, A. K., & Kaminoff, R. (1983). Place-identity: Physical world socialization of the self. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 3(1), 57–83. PDF
Trentelman, C. K. (2009). Place attachment and community attachment: A primer grounded in the lived experience of a community sociologist. Society & Natural Resources, 22(3), 191-210. PDF
Kyle, G., Graefe, A., & Manning, R. (2005). Testing the dimensionality of place attachment in recreational settings. Environment and Behavior, 37(2), 153-177. PDF
Kyle, G., & Chick, G. (2007). The social construction of a sense of place. Leisure Sciences, 29(3), 209-225. PDF
Week 8
Week 8
Tajfel, H., & Turner, J. C. (1986). The social identity theory of intergroup behaviour. In S. Worchel & W. G. Austin (Eds.), Psychology of intergroup relations (pp. 7–24). Nelson. PDF
Hogg, M. A. (2006). Social identity theory. In P. J. Burke (Ed.), Contemporary social psychological theories (pp. 111–136). Stanford University Press. PDF
van Eeden, L. M., Newsome, T. M., Crowther, M. S., Dickman, C. R., & Bruskotter, J. (2019). Social identity shapes support for management of wildlife and pests. Biological Conservation, 231, 167-173. PDF
Lute, M. L., Bump, A., & Gore, M. L. (2014). Identity-driven differences in stakeholder concerns about hunting wolves. PLoS One, 9(12), e114460. PDF
Week 9
Week 9
Deutsch, M., & Gerard, H. B. (1955). A study of normative and informational social influences upon individual judgment. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 51(3), 629. PDF
Cialdini, R. B., Kallgren, C. A., & Reno, R. R. (1990). A focus theory of normative conduct: A theoretical refinement and reevaluation of the role of norms in human behavior. Advances In Experimental Social Psychology, 24, 201-234. PDF
Schultz, P. W., Nolan, J. M., Cialdini, R. B., Goldstein, N. J., & Griskevicius, V. (2007). The constructive, destructive, and reconstructive power of social norms. Psychological Science, 18(5), 429-434. PDF
Cialdini, R. B., Demaine, L. J., Sagarin, B. J., Barrett, D. W., Rhoads, K., & Winter, P. L. (2006). Managing social norms for persuasive impact. Social Influence, 1(1), 3-15. PDF
Week 10 NO CLASS
Week 10 NO CLASS
Spring Break
Week 11
Week 11
Slovic, P., Fischhoff, B., & Lichtenstein, S. (1981). Perceived risk: psychological factors and social implications. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A, 376(1764), 17-34. PDF
Dake, K. (1991). Orienting dispositions in the perception of risk: An analysis of contemporary worldviews and cultural biases. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 22(1), 61-82. PDF
Glik, D. C. (2007). Risk communication for public health emergencies. Annual Review of Public Health, 28, 33-54. PDF
Paveglio, T., Carroll, M. S., Absher, J. D., & Norton, T. (2009). Just blowing smoke? Residents’ social construction of communication about wildfire. Environmental Communication, 3(1), 76-94. PDF
*Slovic et al. 1985 PDF
*Sjöberg 2000 PDF
Week 12
Week 12
Stern, M. J., & Coleman, K. J. (2015). The multidimensionality of trust: Applications in collaborative natural resource management. Society & Natural Resources, 28(2), 117-132. PDF
Coleman, K., & Stern, M. J. (2018). Boundary spanners as trust ambassadors in collaborative natural resource management. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 61(2), 291-308. PDF
Hamm, J. A. (2017). Trust, trustworthiness, and motivation in the natural resource management context. Society & Natural Resources, 30(8), 919-933. PDF
Spears, J. G., Wallen, K. E., & Osborne, D. C. (2022). Value similarity and trustworthiness predict support for waterfowl management policy. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 46(5), e1375. PDF
Week 13
Week 13
Schwartz, S. H., & Bilsky, W. (1987). Toward a universal psychological structure of human values. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 53(3), 550-56. PDF
Schwartz, S. H. (2012). An overview of the Schwartz theory of basic values. Online Readings in Psychology and Culture, 2(1), 11. PDF
van Riper, C. J., & Kyle, G. T. (2014). Capturing multiple values of ecosystem services shaped by environmental worldviews: A spatial analysis. Journal of Environmental Management, 145, 374-384. PDF
van Riper, C., Winkler-Schor, S., Foelske, L., Keller, R., Braito, M., Raymond, C., & Johnson, D. (2019). Integrating multi-level values and pro-environmental behavior in a US protected area. Sustainability Science, 14, 1395-1408. PDF
Week 14
Week 14
Schwartz, S. H. (1977). Normative influences on altruism. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 10, 221-279 PDF
Harland, P., Staats, H., & Wilke, H. A. (2007). Situational and personality factors as direct or personal norm mediated predictors of pro-environmental behavior: Questions derived from norm-activation theory. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 29(4), 323-334. PDF
Landon, A. C., Kyle, G. T., & Kaiser, R. A. (2017). An augmented norm activation model: The case of residential outdoor water use. Society & Natural Resources, 30(8), 903-918. PDF
Week 15
Week 15
Stern, P. C., Dietz, T., Abel, T., Guagnano, G. A., & Kalof, L. (1999). A value-belief-norm theory of support for social movements: The case of environmentalism. Human Ecology Review, 6(2), 81-97. PDF
Stern, P. C. (2000). Toward a coherent theory of environmentally significant behavior. Social Issues, 56(3), 407-424. PDF
Steg, L., Dreijerink, L., & Abrahamse, W. (2005). Factors influencing the acceptability of energy policies: A test of VBN theory. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 25(4), 415-425. PDF
Landon, A. C., Woosnam, K. M., & Boley, B. B. (2018). Modeling the psychological antecedents to tourists’ pro-sustainable behaviors: An application of the value-belief-norm model. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 26(6), 957-972. PDF
Week 16
Week 16
Ajzen, I. (1991). The theory of planned behavior. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 50, 179-211. PDF
Fishbein, M., & Ajzen, I. (2010). Predicting and changing behavior: The reasoned action approach. Psychology Press. PDF
Miller, Z. D., Freimund, W., Metcalf, E. C., Nickerson, N., & Powell, R. B. (2019). Merging elaboration and the theory of planned behavior to understand bear spray behavior of day hikers in Yellowstone National Park. Environmental Management, 63, 366-378. PDF
Fielding, K. S., McDonald, R., & Louis, W. R. (2008). Theory of planned behaviour, identity and intentions to engage in environmental activism. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 28, 318-326. PDF
*Anderson 1971 PDF
Week 17 NO CLASS
Week 17 NO CLASS
Dead Week
Week 18 NO CLASS
Week 18 NO CLASS
Finals Week
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