Human Behavior On The Environment Paper

Human Behavior: Negative and Positive Effects on the Environment
Nicole L Clawson
PSY/460: Environmental Psychology
August 2, 2014
Stephen Brown
Human Behavior: Negative and Positive Effects on the Environment
This paper will explore how human behavior can have a positive and negative impact on the environment. It will explain how environmental cues shape behavior with examples of them. It will evaluate how behavior can be modified to support sustainability and how this can limit a negative impact on the environment. It will describe how social norms influence behavior and beliefs about the environment. Finally it will identify two possible solutions that could successfully change behavior and habits in order to lessen negative environmental impacts.
Environmental cues A negative envirnomental cue that could have an impact on human behavior is
This comes into play even with human behavior and the environment. If it shows within the community that certain things are the norm more of the community will be more willing to do something about it, such as recycle or pick up litter.
This can have a big impact on the environment because if a groups norms are against the environment than they will not work hard to fix the problem. An example of this is picking up litter. If a community has one person in it that always litters and no one says anything about it to them. Than that one person will always do it because that is the norm for this individual. This could also go for a group. If for instance a group gets together and wants to recycle most of the people in the group are going to do it so that they are not the odd one