Climate Psychology
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Discover how Domino’s uses classical conditioning to trigger cravings and shape consumer behaviour through subtle auditory cues — and why these psychological tactics raise urgent ethical and public health questions.
Discover proven strategies to conquer range anxiety, understand the psychology behind EV adoption, and confidently make the switch to electric vehicles in this in-depth guide.
Discover practical tips and psychological strategies to overcome anxiety and adapt confidently to electric vehicles. Learn how to master keyless systems, silent start-ups, regenerative braking, and charging routines in this comprehensive EV transition guide.
Here are a few simple life hacks that leverage human psychology to make recycling easier and more habitual.
Understanding how climate change awareness impacts consumer behaviour is crucial for businesses, policymakers, and environmental advocates aiming to foster sustainable practices and reduce carbon footprints.
Eco-grief encompasses a range of emotions, including sadness, anxiety, despair, and even anger, as people grapple with the reality of environmental loss and its impacts on their lives and the planet.
Promoting sustainable choices is essential for mitigating climate change, but individuals often face decision-making challenges and inertia when it comes to behaviour change. Default options and opt-out programs are effective behavioural strategies that capitalize on human tendencies to influence decision-making and drive sustainable actions. This article explores the concept of defaults and opt-out programs and highlights their role in encouraging sustainable behaviours and reducing carbon emissions.
This article explores the concepts of distance and temporal discounting and presents strategies to overcome these psychological barriers, fostering a sense of urgency and motivating behavior change for carbon emission reduction.
This article explores the concept of cognitive reframing and its application in promoting climate-conscious mindsets and behaviour change.
Climate change has emerged as one of the most pressing global challenges of our time. Addressing this issue requires a deep understanding of the barriers that hinder effective action. This article explores the barriers to addressing climate change by drawing on the framework presented in Peter Singer's influential paper, "Famine, Affluence, and Morality." Singer's ethical argument, originally focused on addressing global poverty and humanitarian crises, provides valuable insights applicable to the challenges of climate change.
Moral dilemma research plays a crucial role in understanding human ethical decision-making and moral reasoning. However, current research predominantly relies on sacrificial moral dilemmas, which present hypothetical scenarios that involve causing harm to achieve a greater good. This think piece argues for the inclusion of climate change dilemmas in moral dilemma research to address the main issues associated with sacrificial moral dilemmas. By exploring climate change dilemmas, we can foster a more sobering, realistic, and contextually relevant understanding of moral decision-making.
Explore the moral dimensions behind climate change, examining how utilitarian choices affect climate change progress, its global impact, and our duty to protect the planet.
Explore the moral dilemma of whether one would sacrifice a life to maintain the American way of life, in doing so we reveal that the hidden costs of modern living—including pollution, accidents, and lifestyle-related diseases—result in the loss of hundreds of thousands of lives each year.