Minority influence in climate change mitigation.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2021.02.005
Abstract: While the majority of people care about environmental quality, they keep engaging in carbon-intensive practices that exacerbate climate change. Can we expect humans to collectively change by themselves, from the bottom up? Social change is often… read more here.
Keywords: change; influence climate; climate change; minority influence ... See more keywords
The dynamics of polarization and compromise in conflict situations: The interaction between cultural traits and majority–minority influence
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DOI: 10.1080/03637751.2015.1075655
Abstract: ABSTRACT The present study looks at the interplay between cultural traits (need for uniqueness [NFU] and naïve dialecticism) and situational pressure (majority–minority influence) in explaining decision-making behaviors, specifically choosing one option between two contradictory but… read more here.
Keywords: minority; cultural traits; majority; majority minority ... See more keywords
Minority Influence and Degrowth-Oriented Pro-environmental Conflict: When Emotions Betray Our Attachment to the Social Dominant Paradigm
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.899933
Abstract: If today the anthropogenic origin of climate change gathers almost total scientific consensus, human pro-environmental action is not changing with sufficient impact to keep global warming within the 1.5° limit. Environmental psychology has traditionally focused… read more here.
Keywords: minority influence; degrowth; social dominant; pro environmental ... See more keywords
Minority Influence: An Agenda for Study of Social Change
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.911654
Abstract: Minority influence research was sparked by Moscovici’s observation about the power of active minorities to instigate social change. This idea invigorated research on social influence, which is evident in a subsequent outburst of studies on… read more here.
Keywords: minority influence; social change; influence; minority ... See more keywords