scholarly journals Cultivating Nature Identity and Ecological Worldviews: A Pathway to Alter the Prevailing Dominant Social Paradigm

2021 ◽  
pp. 027614672199754
Author(s):  
Vimala Kunchamboo ◽  
Christina Kwai Choi Lee ◽  
Jan Brace-Govan
Keyword(s):  
Identity Development ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Ecological Identity ◽  
New Ecological Paradigm ◽  
The Social ◽  
Symbolic Meanings ◽  
Values And Beliefs ◽  
Sustainability Initiatives ◽  
Social Paradigm ◽  
Dominant Social Paradigm

The worsening environmental problems demand a shift from the prevailing Dominant Social Paradigm to the New Ecological Paradigm. Yet, little is known on the conditions necessary for societal adoption of conservation behaviour. This qualitative study explores the social-psychological aspects and processes cultivating ecological identity and worldviews by uncovering the activities, interpretation of experiences that capture mental thoughts, emotions and symbolic meanings within the richness of lived experiences. The findings theorise the process of ecological identity building and offers in-depth insights into the motivations and stages of ecological identities and worldviews that support pro-environmental behaviour. The insights extend the identity theory to illustrate the process of nature identity development to include the stages of identity activation, creation and synthesis; reveal Asian values and beliefs that consumers use to rationalise their consumption behaviour; and provide implications for macromarketing, education and sustainability initiatives, and policy making.

Towards Degrowth? Making Peace with Mortality to Reconnect with (One’s) Nature: An Ecopsychological Proposition for a Paradigm Shift

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Koller
Keyword(s):  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Identity Transformation ◽  
Capitalist Society ◽  
The Other ◽  
Existential Psychology ◽  
New Ecological Paradigm ◽  
Ecological Paradigm ◽  
Social Paradigm ◽  
Dominant Social Paradigm

This article explores the existential conditions for a transition towards socioeconomic degrowth through an analysis of a paradigm shift between two extreme polarities of socio-ecological positioning: the Dominant Social Paradigm (DSP) and the New Ecological Paradigm (NEP). It is suggested that the transition from one to the other – understood as the first collective step towards degrowth – requires a transformation in the way we, in western capitalist society, define ourselves in relation to nature. This identity transformation corresponds with the reconnection between humans and nature that ecopsychology has been calling for since its emergence in the 1970s. However, according to recent empirical studies in existential psychology, such a transformation contains potentially disquieting aspects, since it implies recognising and accepting the idea of our own mortality. Staging a dialogue between ecopsychology and critical degrowth theories, this article argues that the necessary transition towards degrowth requires new ways of dealing with these existential fears – namely, confronting them in a ‘reflexive’ rather than ‘defensive’ way – so as to develop relationships with nature that respect the limits of the biosphere.

TINGKAT DIPENDENSI PARADIGMA DOMINANSI SOSIAL PADA JENIS KELAMIN DI AREAL HUTAN LINDUNG MANGUNAN KABUPATEN BANTUL PROVINSI DAERAH ISTIMEWA YOGYAKARTA 2015

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-41
Author(s):  
Rosadi Rofik
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
New Ecological Paradigm ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Measurement Results ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Social Paradigm ◽  
Dominant Social Paradigm

The objective of the research is to draw connections and dependencies of Dominant Social Paradigm level on sex in the protected forest Mangunan, Kabupaten Bantul, Yogyakarta in 2015. This quantitative research refers to the condition in the past against environmental degradation in the district of Bantul. Data obtained by participant observation, using a Likert questionnaire, in inputting the interaction of each sex to the environment, based on the analysis unit Dominant Social Paradigm, which consists of three components, namely: socio-economic aspects, Character Dominant (anthropocentrism), and the organism cosmologis. Then, statistical analysis using Chi-square test for independent to stack up against two units of analysis, namely Dominant Social Paradigm and sex. The conclusion of this research is, there is a relationship of the Dominant Social Paradigm with sex either Male or Female in Mangunan Bantul district of Yogyakarta province. Problem solving on lowering the quality of the environment characterized by measurement results of depencies of Dominant Social Paradigm level which performed by each sex as a problem to be solved. Recommendations resolving the issue by implementing a new paradigm of Ecology (New Ecological Paradigm) in an effort Protected Forest Quality Improvement Mangunan

Providing Freshmen with a Good “Starting-Block”

2019 ◽  
Vol 78 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 69-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikaël De Clercq ◽  
Charlotte Michel ◽  
Sophie Remy ◽  
Benoît Galand
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
The Other ◽  
Student Adjustment ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Pivotal Phase ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Study Task ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Belonging ◽  
Intention To Persist

Abstract. Grounded in social-psychological literature, this experimental study assessed the effects of two so-called “wise” interventions implemented in a student study program. The interventions took place during the very first week at university, a presumed pivotal phase of transition. A group of 375 freshmen in psychology were randomly assigned to three conditions: control, social belonging, and self-affirmation. Following the intervention, students in the social-belonging condition expressed less social apprehension, a higher social integration, and a stronger intention to persist one month later than the other participants. They also relied more on peers as a source of support when confronted with a study task. Students in the self-affirmation condition felt more self-affirmed at the end of the intervention but didn’t benefit from other lasting effects. The results suggest that some well-timed and well-targeted “wise” interventions could provide lasting positive consequences for student adjustment. The respective merits of social-belonging and self-affirmation interventions are also discussed.

Social-Psychological Models in Labor Motivation Analysis

2004 ◽  
pp. 90-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Surkov
Keyword(s):  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Psychological Approach ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Economic Man ◽  
The Social ◽  
Psychological Models ◽  
Social Psychological Approach

Benefits of using social-psychological approach in the analysis of labor motivations are considered in the article. Classification of employees as objects of economic analysis is offered: "the economic man", "the man of the organization", "the social man" and "the asocial man". Related models give the opportunity to predict behavior of the firm in different situations, such as shocks of various nature.

zy prawda nas wyzwoli? Przełamywanie oporu psychologicznego w przyjmowaniu wiedzy o Zagładzie

2014 ◽  
pp. 803-822
Author(s):  
Marta Witkowska ◽  
Piotr Forecki
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Research ◽  
Public Knowledge ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Holocaust Education ◽  
Positive Group ◽  
Nazi Occupation ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Holocaust ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Social Psychological Research

The introduction of the programs on Holocaust education in Poland and a broader debate on the transgressions of Poles against the Jews have not led to desired improvement in public knowledge on these historical events. A comparison of survey results from the last two decades (Bilewicz, Winiewski, Radzik, 2012) illustrates mounting ignorance: the number of Poles who acknowledge that the highest number of victims of the Nazi occupation period was Jewish systematically decreases, while the number of those who think that the highest number of victims of the wartime period was ethnically Polish, increases. Insights from the social psychological research allow to explain the psychological foundations of this resistance to acknowledge the facts about the Holocaust, and indicate the need for positive group identity as a crucial factor preventing people from recognizing such a threatening historical information. In this paper we will provide knowledge about the ways to overcome this resistance-through-denial. Implementation of such measures could allow people to accept responsibility for the misdeeds committed by their ancestors.

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