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Campbell's Paradigm

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The Campbell <strong>Paradigm</strong><br />

Example: Environmental Attitude<br />

• Environmental Attitude is Equated w/ the Probabilities…<br />

…of the behaviors directed at environmental protection<br />

• Likelihood of Engaging in Pro-Environmental Behavior…<br />

…is an unmoderated function of one's environmental attitude<br />

…and of the specific behavioral difficulty (i.e., compound of all costs)<br />

• Behavioral Means to Realize a Personal Protection Goal<br />

• Relation Mathematically Captured w/ Rasch Model<br />

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in behavior i<br />

θ n: Person n's general attitude level<br />

δ i: costs of behavior i (its difficulty)

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