Beyond self-reports: A call for more behavior in environmental psychology

Beyond self-reports: A call for more behavior in environmental psychology

•We highlight limitations of obtaining behavioral information via self-report methods.•We point to solutions for different research goals in environmental psychology.•Behavioral traces and trained observers allow recording naturally occurring behavior.•Behavioral paradigms allow studying consequenti...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of environmental psychology 2023-03, Vol.86, p.101965, Article 101965
Hauptverfasser: Lange, Florian, Berger, Sebastian, Byrka, Katarzyna, Brügger, Adrian, Henn, Laura, Sparks, Aaron C., Nielsen, Kristian Steensen, Urban, Jan
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:•We highlight limitations of obtaining behavioral information via self-report methods.•We point to solutions for different research goals in environmental psychology.•Behavioral traces and trained observers allow recording naturally occurring behavior.•Behavioral paradigms allow studying consequential behavior under controlled conditions.•Observations of manifest behavior can help validate measures of person characteristics.
ISSN:0272-4944
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DOI:10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.101965