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The belief-action gap in environmental psychology: How wide? How irrational?

2021-05-20

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<p>The belief-action gap was originally conceptualized by psychologists who aimed to ground behaviour in beliefs but found that their models had little predictive value. The recurrent use of this concept often comes with the assumption that human behaviour is somewhat irrational or weirdly misaligned with their beliefs. This gap is particularly striking in the environmental domain, where many people seemingly thin...

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10.31234/osf.io/chqug
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