Psyc 360 1st Edition Lecture 25 Outline of Last Lecture II. Aggressiona. Innateb. LearnedIII. CatharsisIV. Social LearningOutline of Current Lecture I. Helping and Climate ChangeCurrent LectureEveryone has little “quirks” that influence our behaviors- The Five Stages of Helping (Review)o Notice the evento Interpret it as an emergencyo Take responsibilityo Decide how to take actiono Take actionBelief in Climate Change - The warmer it is on any given day the more likely people will believe in climate changeBelief in climate 3Change 2 1Much Colder Usual Much WarmerPerceived TemperatureThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.Cherry Picking- Picking a single idea and ignoring the rest – Intuition does thisThere are more record highs every year than record lows. If there were no global warming then we would expect the same amount of record highs and record lows.Stage 1 of Helping- Notice that climate change is happening whether it be by taking core samples or observing the reduction of the North Pole or however. Stage 2 - Interpret it as an emergency. Bangladesh 25-30 million people we will have to move because of the ocean rising.- Newtok, Alaska first American Climate Refuges- 1400 US cities at risk by 2100- About 150,000 deaths annually by climate changeStage 3- Take Responsibility.- Carbon Dioxide is the problem.- Temperature change tracks carbon dioxide levels consistently for the past 4,000 years.Stage 4- Decide how to take action- Sell my car!- Move somewhere closer to work/school- Stop Travelling!Stage 5- TAKE ACTIONSix Americas of Climate ChangeHow people felt about climate change US adults- 16% alarmed- 29% Concerned- 25% cautious- 9% disengaged - 13% doubtful- 8% dismissive UT Freshmen before reading the Earth book and listening to Mckiban’s lecture - 9% alarmed- 44% Concerned- 32% Cautious- 1% disengaged- 11% doubtful- 4% dismissiveDid the program work on UT freshman? –NoThe only shift was people who were concerned moved back to cautious and some people moved to dismissive Evidence of skepticism : Affect future generation Climate change is a good thingCognitive dissonance – we convince ourselves that we are not ruining the
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