The Extent to Which the Perception of Other People’s Biospheric Values Influences Personal Pro-environmental Behavior

Bleeker, Florence (2024) The Extent to Which the Perception of Other People’s Biospheric Values Influences Personal Pro-environmental Behavior. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.

Text Final version Bachelorthesis_F. M. Bleeker_S4140885_PDF.pdf Restricted to Repository staff only Download (440kB)

Abstract

People don’t engage in enough pro-environmental behavior. A factor that possibly plays a role in this is misperception of others people’s biospheric values. This study aimed to find out to what extent people misperceive others’ biospheric values and whether people’s perception of others’ biospheric values influences their personal pro-environmental behavior. One hundred and three students from the Behavioral and Social Sciences faculty and the Faculty of Economics and Business have participated in this study. They filled out a questionnaire about biospheric values and circular economy behaviors. It was found that BSS students’ biospheric values were overestimated by FEB students, while FEB students’ biospheric values were underestimated by FEB students and BSS students. Besides, for BSS students, positive relationships have been found between their perception of BSS students’ and FEB students’ biospheric values and personal pro-environmental behavior. For FEB students no relationship has been found between perceived biospheric values and personal pro-environmental behavior. This knowledge can be used to motivate pro-environmental behavior. Interventions in which accurate, high biospheric values of both ingroups as well as outgroups are made visible can be used to decrease underestimation of others’ biospheric values and can motivate pro-environmental behavior. Keywords: biospheric values, misperceptions, pro-environmental behavior, ingroup, outgroup

Item Type:	Thesis (Bachelor)
Supervisor name:	Sharpe, E.J.
Degree programme:	Psychology
Differentiation route:	None [Bachelor Psychology]
Date Deposited:	05 Apr 2024 07:44
Last Modified:	05 Apr 2024 07:44
URI:	http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3279

Actions (login required)

View Item