Ben R. Newell|Rachel I. McDonald|Marilynn B. Brewer|Brett K. Hayes
The Psychology of Environmental Decisions
UNSW Sydney|UNSW Sydney|University of Kansas|UNSW Sydney|UNSW Sydney
humanity faces unprecedented set global environmental problems argue promote proenvironmental decisions achieve public consensus need action must address individual collective understanding cognition environmental problems well individual collective commitments take action mitigate prevent problems review literature pertaining psychological predispositions mental models framing psychological distance social context decisions help elucidate goals cognition commitment achieved article reveals complex multiply determined nature environmental decisions however argue complexity points opportunities reduce inherent uncertainty surrounding global environmental challenges via appeals psychological mechanisms underpin decisions