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19 Cards in this Set
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The enviroment is a source of stress, give 2 stressors
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noise and crowding
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the stress that we experience depends on how much _______ we percieve that we have over the environment.
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control
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What does crowding lead to in prisons?
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disciplinary problems, suicides, overall death rates
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What does crowding lead to in student dorms?
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studendts are more withdrawn socially, show signs of learned helplessness
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Density
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the number of people who occupy a given space
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Crowding
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subjective feeling of unpleasantness due to the presence of other people
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What are 4 factors that influence whether or not we feel crowded?
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how much control we feel we have
expectations - if the # exceeds the expected attributions of arousal to the presence of others sensory overload - more info then we can pay attn to |
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What is Air Rage?
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people become aggitated while flying
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What are the 6 factors that contribute to air rage?
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increased waiting times in airport
smaller seats lack of blood circulation inability to move freely poor air quality excess alcohol |
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What is the Tragedy of the commons or commons dilemma? by Garrett Hardin
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a group of people acting independently, destroying a shared limited resource
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What are some examples of over-harvested resources?
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Alaskan king crab
cod in the maritimes amazon rain forests |
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What is a social Dilemma?
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a situation in which a person profits from selfishness unless everyone chooses the selfish alternative, in which case everyone loses
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Kyoto Agreement
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nations are trying to reduce future levels of greenhouse emissions
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What measures can be taken to make things easier for people to monitor their consumption?
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remove barries
improve communication-provide feedback change social norms make problems more vivid induce competition induce hypocrisy |
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Injunctive norm
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persceptions of what is approved/disapproved by others; what we "say we should do"
"talk the talk" |
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Descriptive norm
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perceptions of what other ACTUALLY do
"walk the walk" |
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Where is Canada's worst toxic waste area?
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Alberta Tar Sands
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Basic research has to do with which type of issues?
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theoretical
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Applied research has to do with which type of issues?
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real-world
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