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ENR 5400 midterm Exam Questions And
Answers 100% Verified.
What do environmental problems stem from and maintained by - Answer✔✔Behavioral
problems
How many U.S. residents have indicated that the U.S. should act to reduce global warming -
Answer✔✔More than 90%
T or F awareness alone isn't enough to motivate change - Answer✔✔True
What is environmental psychology - Answer✔✔The study of the relationships between human
behavior and the built and natural environments
What is conservation psychology - Answer✔✔Study of reciprocal relationships between humans
and the rest of nature, with a particular focus on encouraging conservation of natural resources
What is Lewin's equation - Answer✔✔Behavior = f(Person (individual), Environment (what's
around you)
What is context - Answer✔✔The conditions under which behavior occurs (behavioral settings,
social settings, cultural, natural environment, and built environment)
How is our behavior influenced - Answer✔✔Aspects of our environment (people, nature,
buildings, sound)
What are two key challenges to sustainability - Answer✔✔Exponential growth, resource
depletion
What is carrying capacity - Answer✔✔The maximum number of any species a habitat can
support. If territory is isolated and population cannot migrate, inhabitants must find a balance
with resource base otherwise if populations grows too quickly, resources are depleted and
population will crash
Example of human carrying capacity reached - Answer✔✔Easter Island
What is overconsumption - Answer✔✔What society is doing to deplete the capacity of the planet
to sustain life. The overuse of the world's natural resources, especially energy and land
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What is affluenza - Answer✔✔An unsustainable addiction to consumption, materialism, and
economic growth, "contagious", "socially transmitted"
What are ecological footprints - Answer✔✔A measure of the impact humans have on the
environment. Sum of cropland, grazing land, forest and fishing grounds required to produce their
food, fiber and timber it consumes, to absorb the wastes emitted when it uses energy and to
provide space for infrastructure
What is correlation relationship - Answer✔✔A significant association (positive/ negative)
between A & B
What is a differential relationship - Answer✔✔There is a significant difference between A & B
What is an experimental relationship - Answer✔✔Variable A causes Variable B, uses random
assignment
What is a correlational research design - Answer✔✔A and B are related, measurement taken at a
single slice in time ex: focus groups, survey, behavioral observations
What is a quasi-experimental research design - Answer✔✔There is a significant difference
between A and B
What is a pre/post research design - Answer✔✔A type of quasi-experimental that measure
variables of interest among your sample before and after some treatment
What is a case/control research design - Answer✔✔A type of quasi-experimental that recruit
sample of interest to receive treatment. Separately, find a control group that does not get treated.
Assess the outcome variable among both groups after the treatment group receives treatment
What is an experimental/RCT research design - Answer✔✔A type of experimental design where
participants are randomly assigned to a treatment or control conditions and complete outcome
measures after or during treatment period
What is an observational data collection technique - Answer✔✔Recording actions directly
relevant to the research question
What is a self-report data collection technique - Answer✔✔Participants' responses to questions
What is an implicit data collection technique - Answer✔✔Recording actions that imply an
underlying effect
What are the trade-offs for using a lab experiment - Answer✔✔There is high control but low
realism and representativeness
What are the trade offs for using a field experiemtn - Answer✔✔There is medium control, high
realism, and representativeness varies
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ENR 5400 midterm Exam Questions And
Answers 100% Verified.
What do environmental problems stem from and maintained by - Answer✔✔Behavioral
problems
How many U.S. residents have indicated that the U.S. should act to reduce global warming -
Answer✔✔More than 90%
T or F awareness alone isn't enough to motivate change - Answer✔✔True
What is environmental psychology - Answer✔✔The study of the relationships between human
behavior and the built and natural environments
What is conservation psychology - Answer✔✔Study of reciprocal relationships between humans
and the rest of nature, with a particular focus on encouraging conservation of natural resources
What is Lewin's equation - Answer✔✔Behavior = f(Person (individual), Environment (what's
around you)
What is context - Answer✔✔The conditions under which behavior occurs (behavioral settings,
social settings, cultural, natural environment, and built environment)
How is our behavior influenced - Answer✔✔Aspects of our environment (people, nature,
buildings, sound)
What are two key challenges to sustainability - Answer✔✔Exponential growth, resource
depletion
What is carrying capacity - Answer✔✔The maximum number of any species a habitat can
support. If territory is isolated and population cannot migrate, inhabitants must find a balance
with resource base otherwise if populations grows too quickly, resources are depleted and
population will crash
Example of human carrying capacity reached - Answer✔✔Easter Island
What is overconsumption - Answer✔✔What society is doing to deplete the capacity of the planet
to sustain life. The overuse of the world's natural resources, especially energy and land
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What is affluenza - Answer✔✔An unsustainable addiction to consumption, materialism, and
economic growth, "contagious", "socially transmitted"
What are ecological footprints - Answer✔✔A measure of the impact humans have on the
environment. Sum of cropland, grazing land, forest and fishing grounds required to produce their
food, fiber and timber it consumes, to absorb the wastes emitted when it uses energy and to
provide space for infrastructure
What is correlation relationship - Answer✔✔A significant association (positive/ negative)
between A & B
What is a differential relationship - Answer✔✔There is a significant difference between A & B
What is an experimental relationship - Answer✔✔Variable A causes Variable B, uses random
assignment
What is a correlational research design - Answer✔✔A and B are related, measurement taken at a
single slice in time ex: focus groups, survey, behavioral observations
What is a quasi-experimental research design - Answer✔✔There is a significant difference
between A and B
What is a pre/post research design - Answer✔✔A type of quasi-experimental that measure
variables of interest among your sample before and after some treatment
What is a case/control research design - Answer✔✔A type of quasi-experimental that recruit
sample of interest to receive treatment. Separately, find a control group that does not get treated.
Assess the outcome variable among both groups after the treatment group receives treatment
What is an experimental/RCT research design - Answer✔✔A type of experimental design where
participants are randomly assigned to a treatment or control conditions and complete outcome
measures after or during treatment period
What is an observational data collection technique - Answer✔✔Recording actions directly
relevant to the research question
What is a self-report data collection technique - Answer✔✔Participants' responses to questions
What is an implicit data collection technique - Answer✔✔Recording actions that imply an
underlying effect
What are the trade-offs for using a lab experiment - Answer✔✔There is high control but low
realism and representativeness
What are the trade offs for using a field experiemtn - Answer✔✔There is medium control, high
realism, and representativeness varies
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