People often overestimate their environmental protection behavior
December 27, 2019 07:31 Source: "China Social Sciences", December 27, 2019, No. 1846 Author: Wang Youran/Compilation

  bet365 Play online games A new study discovery,Most people tend to think that they do better than others in protecting the environment。

The journal "Basic and Application Social Psychology" published by Taylor-Francis Publishing Group will publish the research results of Magnus Bergquist, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Gothenburg bet365 Play online games University in Sweden, in January 2020 issue. Most people think they are more environmentally friendly than others: the show of the average effect in environmental behavior "。

This research includes four experiments,A total of from Sweden、United States、UK、More than 4,000 people in India participate。In experiment 1,Most participants said,Your own environmental behavior (such as buying products with ecological labels、Save family energy consumption、Reduce the use of plastic bags) exceeds others in terms of quantity and frequency。Experiment bet365 Play online games 2 display,Most people think that they are more environmentally friendly than others,Existing in different countries,It is suitable for abstract comparison (compared with people in other countries),It is also suitable for specific comparisons (compared with friends around you)。Experiment 3 display,Participants estimate the number and frequency of their own environmental behavior。Experimental Four Discovery,When the participants think they are more environmentally friendly than others,Its actual environmental protection bet365 best casino games behavior is slightly reduced。

Berquist said,This study proves that "better than the average effect" (that is, people tend to think that they are more honest than others、More creative、More capabilities) Also existing in environmental protection behaviors,This thinking may lead to weakening the motivation of environmental protection behavior。Berquist thinks,One of the ways to change people's wrong ideas are to let everyone know that others are also making environmental protection actions,From this creates a social specification of environmental protection。

  (Wang Youran/Compilation

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