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David Myers
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Chapter Sixteen
 Social Psychology and the Sustainable Future
Psychology and Climate Change
 Psychological Effects of Climate Change
 Displacement and trauma

Natural disasters
 Climate and conflict

Global warming
 Public Opinion about Climate Change
Psychology and Climate Change
 Personal Experience and the Availability Heuristic
 Weather conditions
 Lacking Comprehension
 System justification
Enabling Sustainable Living
 New Technologies
 Reducing Consumption
 Incentives
 Feedback, living green
 Identity
The Social Psychology of
Materialism and Wealth
 Increased Materialism
 Surged between the 1970s and the 1980s
 Collegians consider it very important that they become
“very well off financially” instead of “developing a
meaningful philosophy in life”
The Social Psychology of
Materialism and Wealth
 Wealth and Well-Being
 Are wealthy countries happier?
 Are wealthier individuals happier?
 Is the wealthier 21st century happier?
The Social Psychology of
Materialism and Wealth
 Materialism Fails to Satisfy
 Our human capacity for adaptation

Adaptation-level phenomenon
 Tendency to adapt to a given level of stimulation and thus to
notice and react to changes from that level
 Our wanting to compare

Social comparison
 Evaluating one’s abilities and opinions by comparing oneself
with others
The Social Psychology of
Materialism and Wealth
 Toward Sustainability and Survival
 Close, supportive relationships
 Faith communities
 Positive thinking habits
 Experiencing nature
 Flow