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1095.2 Practicing social psychological theories in environmental psychology, Mirilia Bonnes,
Marino Bonaiuto, Giuseppe Carrus, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy
Some peculiarities of past and recent developments of environmental psychology are considered.
Its basic theoretical tensions, between the attempt to respond in a satisfying way to external
demands in addressing environmental problems, and the need of following its theoretical and
methodological disciplinary traditions, are discussed. The importance of developing
environmental psychology, not as a simple further domain of applied psychology, but as a
"psychology of interface" between, on the one hand, the interdisciplinary domain of
people-environment studies, and, on the other hand, the more specific domain of social
psychological theories and processes, is pointed out.
1095.3 Goal-setting theory and product-integrated feedback: A field study of household energy
conservation, Lorna Theo McCalley, Cees J. H. Midden, Technical University Eindhoven,
Netherlands
In order to meet energy conservation goals policy makers generally advancements in technology
for both industrial and household use, while often down-playing the role of human behavior.
However, goal-setting theory has led to the design of product-integrated energy feedback which
encourages appliance users to conserve. The present paper reports a field study where already
highly efficient washing machines were fitted with control panels giving energy feedback coupled
to user goals. Results indicate that behavioral change occurs yielding a 33 per cent saving of kWh.
Further applications of the theoretical principles involved in household energy conservation are
discussed.
1095.4 A causal model to explain attitudes towards environment, Fatma Elsiddig, University
ok Khartoum, Department of Psychology, Sudan
Aim: To elucidate the causal relations that link several factors with attitudes toward environment
as composed of environmental behavior, environmental knowledge, and reaction to environmental
pollution, besides the causal relations that link those three with each other. Sample: 320 female
and male students of Khartoum University. Method: The causal and the comparative causal
approach were used. Statistics: Path Analysis was applied. Results: There are causal relations
amongst the following variables; 1) Environmental behavior and each of: religious behavior,
nvironmental education, reaction to environmental pollution, and gender. 2) Class level and
environmental knowledge. 3) Environmental knowledge and reaction to environmental pollution.
1095.5 The deprivation phenomenon and psychosomatic crises of personality of adolescents,
who are removed from locations suffered after the Chernobyl disaster, Viktor Panchenko,
Institute of Pedagogy and Psychology of Vocational Education of Academy of Pedagogic Sciences
of Ukraine, Ukraine
The conceptions of “deprivation” as a system of sensory defectiveness, and of “psychosomatic
crisis” as disintegration of biological and psychical bases, i. e. a kind of disease in a forming
adolescent’s personality, are examined. During long-term practical work with migrant adolescents,
we have chosen several leading types of deprivation, which influence the development of
psychosomatic crisis in this age. They are: social, cultural, biological, intellectual, professional
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