Abstract: Summary We began with the provocative question of whether psychology can be usefulin addressing one of our most pressing social issues, that of protecting the naturalenvironment and conserving natural resources. We argue that psychology can bevery useful for promoting conservation, but has been seriously underutilized inconservation policy. By this we do not mean to slight or overlook the importantwork that has been done in this area—on the contrary, we admire this work allthe more for being pathbreaking—but to highlight the fact that this ...
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Topics: 
Social psychology
Applied psychology