Question 1

Your friend claims to be an animal lover but constantly wears fur and leather. How can you use the techniques designed by Aronson and his students (1992) to change your friend's behavior?

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Question 2

Identify and describe those factors that people cannot control concerning their happiness.

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Question 3

Identify the three solutions mentioned in your text to address environmental problems, and identify which solution can be addressed through social psychological research. Give an example of an environmental problem and describe how applied social psychological research can address the problem.

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Question 4

Your text discusses the value of cooperation and working together to solve the social dilemma of environmental problems. Yet, there are ways to also use competition to improve the environment. Describe how competition can be used to promote behaviors that would improve the environment.

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Question 5

Recall that Kurt Lewin (1947) asserted that the best way to ensure large, widespread social change is to remove small barriers. How has this idea been used to encourage recycling?

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Question 6

Recently, a new psychological intervention has been publicized in the media and hailed as a surefire way to eliminate bullying in schools. The local school board has asked you to assess and evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention. Explain how you would determine the effectiveness of the program using an experimental approach.

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Question 7

Describe the four controllable things in a person's life that can lead to greater happiness and explain why these lead to greater happiness.

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Question 8

Assume that you are part of a student group trying to persuade others to increase recycling. You plan to go door-to-door in residence halls and induce hypocrisy to change recycling behaviors. How would you do this, and why would your strategy work?

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Question 9

Littering has become an increasingly serious problem on your campus. As a member of a student government committee, what recommendations would you make to reduce littering? Make sure to mention the role of norms.

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Quiz 14: Using Social Psychology to Achieve a Sustainable and Happy Future