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Foreword | |
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Preface: The Why, the What, and the How of This Book | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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What on Earth Are We Doing? | |
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Psychology as an Environmental Science | |
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The Nature of the Problem | |
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Biology's Bottom Line: Carrying Capacity | |
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Climate Change | |
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Other Resource Issues | |
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Psychological Reactions to Environmental Threats | |
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The Psychology of Overconsumption | |
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Cultural Versus Biological Carrying Capacity | |
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Conclusions | |
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The Nature of Western Thought | |
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The Intellectual Roots of the DSP and Psychology | |
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The Western View of Nature | |
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Assumption 1: Nature is Composed of Inert, Physical Elements | |
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Assumption 2: Nature Can and Should be Controlled | |
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Assumption 3: Individual Human Beings Seek Private Economic Gain | |
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Assumption 4: We Must Progress | |
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The Nature of Nonindustrialized Thought | |
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Conclusions | |
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Psychoanalytic Psychology: Becoming Conscious of the Unconscious | |
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The Influence of Freud | |
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The Basis and Basics of Freud's Theory | |
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Critique of Freud and Psychoanalysis | |
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Object Relations Theory: Reexperiencing the Mother | |
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Excessive Early Demands | |
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Attention Withdrawn Too Early | |
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Using Freud's Ideas | |
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The Psychoanalysis of Environmentalists | |
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Conclusions | |
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Social Psychology: Under the Influence of Others | |
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Norms | |
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Social Norms | |
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Personal Norms | |
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Identity | |
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Personal Norms and Environmental Justice | |
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Altruism, Morality, and the Values Beliefs Norms Theory | |
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Theory of Planned Behavior | |
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Cognitive Dissonance Theory | |
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Comparison of Models Linking Behavior to Attitudes | |
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Who Cares About the Environment? | |
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The Social Psychology of Materialism | |
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The Unhappy Results of Materialism | |
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Materialism and the Economy | |
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Conclusions | |
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Behavioral Psychology: Contingency Management | |
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Operant Conditioning | |
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Antecedent Strategies: Changing the S<sup>D</sup>s | |
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Consequence Strategies: Changing the S<sup>R</sup>s | |
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Behavioral Self-Control | |
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Limitations of the Behavioral Approach | |
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Forgoing Freedom | |
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Conclusions | |
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Neuropsychology of Toxic Exposures | |
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Toxic Exposures | |
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Neurodevelopment | |
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Neurodevelopmental Disabilities | |
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Cognitive and Attentional Impairments | |
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Autism | |
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Behavioral and Motor Problems | |
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Psychosocial and Psychiatric Disorders | |
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Toxic Effects in Adults | |
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Accelerated Aging | |
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Parkinson's Disease | |
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Reproductive Abnormalities | |
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Establishing Cause and Effect: A Research Nightmare | |
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Legislative Issues | |
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The Costs of Neurotoxins | |
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Building the Perfect Beast: The Irony of Pesticides | |
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Behavioral Solutions | |
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Conclusions | |
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Cognitive Psychology: Information Processing | |
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Information Processing Models | |
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The Computer Revolution | |
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The Constraints of GIGO | |
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Additional Constraints on Information Processing | |
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Framing Effects | |
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Using Cognitive Psychology to Solve Environmental Problems | |
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Risk Assessment: Whose Quantification Problem Is It? | |
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The Role of Emotions in Judgment of Risk | |
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Retaining a Voice | |
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Conclusions | |
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Health and the Psychology of Environmental Stress | |
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Stress | |
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Physiology of the Stress Response | |
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Psychological Components of the Stress Response | |
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Stress-Associated Health Risks | |
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Stress-Associated Behavioral Disorders | |
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Stress-Associated Psychological Disorders | |
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Stressful Environments | |
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Urban Living | |
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Noise Pollution | |
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Climate Change, Weather and Air Pollution | |
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Environmental Toxins | |
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Why Do People Choose Stressful Behaviors and Environments? | |
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Solution Approaches: Strategies for Reducing Stress | |
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Restorative Environments | |
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Wilderness Therapy | |
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Green Urban Planning | |
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Green Buildings | |
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Conclusions | |
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Developmental Psychology: Growing Healthy Children in Nature | |
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Indoor Children | |
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Benefits of Nature | |
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Cognitive Development and Reasoning Skills | |
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Moral Development | |
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Mental Health | |
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Children and Animals | |
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Fostering Proenvironmental Behaviors in Children | |
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Environmental Education | |
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Conclusions | |
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Holistic Approaches: Gestalt and Ecopsychology | |
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Gestalt Psychology | |
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Laboratory Confirmation: Group Effects in Social Dilemma Games | |
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Gestalt Therapy | |
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Mindfulness | |
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The Ecological Self: The Self Beyond the Self | |
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Ecopsychology | |
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Evaluating Ecopsychology: The Measurement Problem | |
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Biodiversity from an Ecopsychological Perspective | |
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Emotional Dimensions of Ecopsychology | |
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The Ecopsychology of Place | |
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Conclusions | |
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Putting it Together: Using Psychology to Build a Sustainable World | |
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Comparing the Approaches: Psychological Insights | |
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Visualize an Ecologically Healthy World | |
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Work with Big Ideas and Small Steps | |
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Think Circle Instead of Line | |
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Less is More | |
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Practice Conscious Consumption | |
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Act on Personal and Political Levels, Especially Local Community Participation | |
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Conclusions | |
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The Cost of Inaction | |
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References | |
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Appendix: How to Do It | |
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Author Index | |
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Subject Index | |