How Will I Be Remembered? Conserving the Environment for the Sake of One’s Legacy

Psychological Science

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 231-236

  Zaval, Lisa ^a   Markowitz, Ezra M ^a,b,c   Weber, Elke U ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; decision making; environmental effects; judgment; open data; open materials

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84922687923     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797614561266     Document Type: Article

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