NRE 3000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Trophy Hunting, Confirmation Bias, Natural Resource
22 Jan 2019
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Why do value orientations matter for human dimensions of natural resources: how we view a source is a function of our beliefs. If you believe a statement, you judge its source to be more credible: worldview backfire effect: evidence that strengths worldview can strengthen intensely held beliefs, self-affirmation. Trump supporters do not care who they talk to). Attitudes: expression of favor or disfavor towards a person, object, event, or situation: can be influenced by value orientation, knowledge, experience, socioeconomic characteristics, collective agreements about attitudes across society over time results in norms. Norm: standards that individuals or societies use to evaluate conditions or manage strategies as acceptable or unacceptable: very important, can lead to policy given there is a collective agreement. Behavioral intention: perceived likelihood that an individual will engage in a behavior: do not know how the person is actually going to behave, many contextual factors influence this.
