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DATE: May 12, 2026 at 04:00PM
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-------------------------------------------------TITLE: New study finds sustainable living relies on stable personality traits, not temporary bursts of willpower
Recent research suggests that people who naturally possess higher levels of self-control tend to engage in more environmentally friendly habits over time. However, short-term changes in a person’s willpower do not directly lead to greener choices. These findings provide evidence that making sustainable choices easier, rather than relying on individual discipline, might be a more effective way to encourage eco-friendly habits. The study was published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology.
Scientists conducted this study to better understand the psychological traits that drive people to protect the environment. Environmental challenges like climate change and biodiversity loss require immediate action from everyday people. Actions that reduce a person’s negative impact on the planet are known as pro-environmental behaviors. Taking these actions often requires individuals to override their immediate conveniences for the sake of long-term ecological goals.
Pursuing these long-term goals requires a degree of self-regulation. Self-control is a specific and essential type of self-regulation. It involves managing internal reactions, delaying gratification, and resisting unwanted behavioral impulses. Previous research suggests that people with higher self-control tend to act more sustainably because they can keep long-term goals in mind.
“The idea first struck me during a very ordinary moment,” said Jingguang Li, a professor of psychology at Dali University in China. “I had just finished a bottle of water and there was no recycling bin in sight. I felt the urge to simply discard it, but instead I held onto it until I found a proper disposal point.”
“That minor internal struggle made me curious: do people with stronger self-control naturally gravitate toward greener choices in their daily lives?” Li said. His laboratory was already studying self-control, making the connection to everyday environmental behavior a natural extension of their work.
Most previous studies on this topic relied on cross-sectional designs. A cross-sectional study looks at a group of people at a single point in time, much like a photograph. This makes it difficult to know the exact direction of the relationship between variables.
“Previous studies found that more self-controlled people also report more sustainable habits, but almost all of that evidence came from cross-sectional surveys, single snapshots in time,” Li told PsyPost. “That leaves a crucial ambiguity: does the link simply reflect stable differences between people, or can a real change in self-control actually drive a change in behavior?”
This single-snapshot approach also leaves room for survey bias. “Because both self-control and pro-environmental behavior are socially valued traits, respondents filling out a one-shot questionnaire tend to paint a consistently positive picture of themselves,” Li said. “If they rate themselves as highly disciplined, they often feel compelled to rate themselves as environmentally conscious too.”
This bias can artificially inflate the correlation, making the two traits look more tightly linked than they truly are in daily life. “To get around both problems, we followed the same participants across multiple time points,” Li said. “Spacing out the measurements helps separate genuine directional effects from the bias of wanting to appear virtuous in a single sitting.”
Longitudinal studies track the exact same individuals across multiple points in time. This allows scientists to see how changes in one trait might predict changes in another trait over months or years. The researchers specifically chose to study adolescents and young adults. Late adolescence and early adulthood are periods when individuals are still developing their self-regulation capacities and forming their long-term environmental habits.
In the first study, the researchers recruited 221 high school students from a public school in China. The sample included about 66 percent female students with an average age of roughly 16 years old. The researchers assessed the students twice, with a full year passing between the first and second assessment waves. During each wave, the students filled out paper questionnaires in their classrooms while supervised by research assistants.
To measure self-control, the scientists used a 13-item questionnaire. Students rated statements about their ability to resist temptation and their tendency to think before acting. To measure pro-environmental behavior, the students rated how often they engaged in specific green activities over the past 12 months. These activities included recycling cans, saving energy at home, or buying products in reusable containers.
When analyzing the data, the scientists used a statistical technique called a cross-lagged panel model. This method looks at how a variable at the first time point predicts a different variable at the second time point. The findings of this first study showed that higher self-control at the start of the year predicted an increase in pro-environmental behaviors by the end of the year.
The researchers conducted a second study to expand on these findings using a larger sample and a longer timeframe. The second study included 1286 university students from a single university in China. This group was about 63 percent female with an average age of roughly 19 years old. Instead of just two check-ins, the researchers tracked these students across three distinct waves, with exactly one year between each wave.
Because the study spanned three full years, the scientists could use a more advanced statistical tool called a random-intercept cross-lagged panel model. This advanced statistical model separates the survey data into two different mathematical layers. The first layer looks at stable differences between different people. The second layer looks at temporary fluctuations within the exact same person.
Separating these layers helps scientists avoid confusing a stable personality trait with a passing state of mind. At the stable, trait-like level, the researchers found a positive association between the two factors. Individuals who consistently showed higher self-control compared to their peers also consistently reported more sustainable behaviors. This suggests that self-control is a stable personal trait strongly linked to living a greener lifestyle.
At the fluctuating, individual level, the data showed a different pattern. When a specific student experienced a natural drop or increase in their own typical self-control, it did not predict any subsequent change in their sustainable habits. This suggests that year-to-year shifts in a person’s willpower do not directly drive short-term changes in how they treat the environment.
“We were genuinely surprised by what we found inside the same person over time,” Li said. “At the outset, we had assumed that if someone’s self-control improved, their pro-environmental behavior would improve with it. But when we tracked the same individuals across waves, natural fluctuations in self-control simply did not translate into meaningful shifts in pro-environmental behavior.”
“The link is really anchored in stable, long-term trait differences,” Li continued. “It underscores that promoting sustainability requires more than urging people to ‘try harder’; we need to build habits and shape environments that make green choices effortless.”
The results provide evidence that having greener habits is part of an overarching lifestyle rather than a fleeting mood. “The main message is that the connection between self-control and green behavior is primarily a stable trait-level pattern: people who generally have stronger self-control also tend to live more sustainably across time,” Li said. “Yet when we tracked the same individuals over multiple waves, short-term ups and downs in their self-control did not reliably produce immediate changes in their environmental habits.”
“So it is not about heroic bursts of willpower in the moment; it is about who you are, on average, over the long haul,” Li added. “That distinction matters for everyday life. Sustainable living is really a marathon built from countless small decisions, turning off lights, carrying reusable bags, sorting waste, that add up over months and years.”
This highlights the need for structural changes that make sustainable choices easier for everyone. “If we rely solely on asking people to ‘try harder’ each time, we are fighting an uphill battle against human nature,” Li said. “A smarter approach is to reduce the self-control demand itself. Putting reminder stickers near light switches, placing recycling bins in convenient locations, or sharing monthly electricity or water-use feedback with family members can make the green choice the easy choice.”
Communities can also use nudging strategies to encourage green behaviors. Nudging involves designing choices in a way that guides people toward a desired action without restricting their freedom. Making recycling bins more accessible or automatically opting people into green energy plans reduces the amount of willpower needed to help the planet. “By designing environments and routines that minimize friction, we can promote sustainable actions without requiring constant mental effort,” Li said.
The researchers also note that self-control could be used as a helpful metric when assembling teams to tackle climate issues. People with naturally high self-control might be better equipped to handle the long-term demands of environmental advocacy. “One final thought: when selecting people for roles with significant environmental responsibilities, it makes sense to weigh self-control alongside their environmental attitudes and professional competence,” Li said.
The study does have a few limitations that should be noted. “We used self-report questionnaires and focused on Chinese high school and university students,” Li said. “That makes the findings suggestive rather than definitive. Future work should test whether the same pattern holds in other populations and with objective measures, such as actual behavioral tasks or real-world tracking, before drawing firmer conclusions.”
In addition, the one-year gap between the data collection waves might have missed smaller, short-term connections between willpower and sustainable choices. A full year is a long time, and a person’s self-control might fluctuate on a daily or weekly basis.
Going forward, the researchers plan to look at other psychological traits that support sustainable living. “Our next step is to understand why some people follow through on environmental intentions while others do not,” Li said. “We are especially interested in grit, passion and perseverance for long-term goals, because environmental protection is not a one-off act; it is a decades-long commitment.”
“The Paris Agreement, for instance, sets carbon-neutrality targets for the mid-twenty-first century, a timeline that feels distant to most people alive today,” Li noted. “That means safeguarding the planet demands sustained effort against slow, incremental payoffs, exactly the conditions where grit should matter.”
The scientists hope to figure out exactly how to foster this type of long-term dedication. “We want to test whether grit and related traits can help explain who stays the course in the face of such delayed rewards, and whether we can design interventions or educational programs that cultivate this kind of persistence for ecological goals,” Li said.
The study, “Longitudinal associations between self-control and pro-environmental behaviors,” was authored by Xingbo Wang, Yanru Liu, Yalun Zhang, Zhenglian Su, Liyun Hua, Yajun Zhao, and Jingguang Li.
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DATE: May 12, 2026 at 04:00PM
SOURCE: PSYPOST.ORG** Research quality varies widely from fantastic to small exploratory studies. Please check research methods when conclusions are very important to you. **
-------------------------------------------------TITLE: New study finds sustainable living relies on stable personality traits, not temporary bursts of willpower
Recent research suggests that people who naturally possess higher levels of self-control tend to engage in more environmentally friendly habits over time. However, short-term changes in a person’s willpower do not directly lead to greener choices. These findings provide evidence that making sustainable choices easier, rather than relying on individual discipline, might be a more effective way to encourage eco-friendly habits. The study was published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology.
Scientists conducted this study to better understand the psychological traits that drive people to protect the environment. Environmental challenges like climate change and biodiversity loss require immediate action from everyday people. Actions that reduce a person’s negative impact on the planet are known as pro-environmental behaviors. Taking these actions often requires individuals to override their immediate conveniences for the sake of long-term ecological goals.
Pursuing these long-term goals requires a degree of self-regulation. Self-control is a specific and essential type of self-regulation. It involves managing internal reactions, delaying gratification, and resisting unwanted behavioral impulses. Previous research suggests that people with higher self-control tend to act more sustainably because they can keep long-term goals in mind.
“The idea first struck me during a very ordinary moment,” said Jingguang Li, a professor of psychology at Dali University in China. “I had just finished a bottle of water and there was no recycling bin in sight. I felt the urge to simply discard it, but instead I held onto it until I found a proper disposal point.”
“That minor internal struggle made me curious: do people with stronger self-control naturally gravitate toward greener choices in their daily lives?” Li said. His laboratory was already studying self-control, making the connection to everyday environmental behavior a natural extension of their work.
Most previous studies on this topic relied on cross-sectional designs. A cross-sectional study looks at a group of people at a single point in time, much like a photograph. This makes it difficult to know the exact direction of the relationship between variables.
“Previous studies found that more self-controlled people also report more sustainable habits, but almost all of that evidence came from cross-sectional surveys, single snapshots in time,” Li told PsyPost. “That leaves a crucial ambiguity: does the link simply reflect stable differences between people, or can a real change in self-control actually drive a change in behavior?”
This single-snapshot approach also leaves room for survey bias. “Because both self-control and pro-environmental behavior are socially valued traits, respondents filling out a one-shot questionnaire tend to paint a consistently positive picture of themselves,” Li said. “If they rate themselves as highly disciplined, they often feel compelled to rate themselves as environmentally conscious too.”
This bias can artificially inflate the correlation, making the two traits look more tightly linked than they truly are in daily life. “To get around both problems, we followed the same participants across multiple time points,” Li said. “Spacing out the measurements helps separate genuine directional effects from the bias of wanting to appear virtuous in a single sitting.”
Longitudinal studies track the exact same individuals across multiple points in time. This allows scientists to see how changes in one trait might predict changes in another trait over months or years. The researchers specifically chose to study adolescents and young adults. Late adolescence and early adulthood are periods when individuals are still developing their self-regulation capacities and forming their long-term environmental habits.
In the first study, the researchers recruited 221 high school students from a public school in China. The sample included about 66 percent female students with an average age of roughly 16 years old. The researchers assessed the students twice, with a full year passing between the first and second assessment waves. During each wave, the students filled out paper questionnaires in their classrooms while supervised by research assistants.
To measure self-control, the scientists used a 13-item questionnaire. Students rated statements about their ability to resist temptation and their tendency to think before acting. To measure pro-environmental behavior, the students rated how often they engaged in specific green activities over the past 12 months. These activities included recycling cans, saving energy at home, or buying products in reusable containers.
When analyzing the data, the scientists used a statistical technique called a cross-lagged panel model. This method looks at how a variable at the first time point predicts a different variable at the second time point. The findings of this first study showed that higher self-control at the start of the year predicted an increase in pro-environmental behaviors by the end of the year.
The researchers conducted a second study to expand on these findings using a larger sample and a longer timeframe. The second study included 1286 university students from a single university in China. This group was about 63 percent female with an average age of roughly 19 years old. Instead of just two check-ins, the researchers tracked these students across three distinct waves, with exactly one year between each wave.
Because the study spanned three full years, the scientists could use a more advanced statistical tool called a random-intercept cross-lagged panel model. This advanced statistical model separates the survey data into two different mathematical layers. The first layer looks at stable differences between different people. The second layer looks at temporary fluctuations within the exact same person.
Separating these layers helps scientists avoid confusing a stable personality trait with a passing state of mind. At the stable, trait-like level, the researchers found a positive association between the two factors. Individuals who consistently showed higher self-control compared to their peers also consistently reported more sustainable behaviors. This suggests that self-control is a stable personal trait strongly linked to living a greener lifestyle.
At the fluctuating, individual level, the data showed a different pattern. When a specific student experienced a natural drop or increase in their own typical self-control, it did not predict any subsequent change in their sustainable habits. This suggests that year-to-year shifts in a person’s willpower do not directly drive short-term changes in how they treat the environment.
“We were genuinely surprised by what we found inside the same person over time,” Li said. “At the outset, we had assumed that if someone’s self-control improved, their pro-environmental behavior would improve with it. But when we tracked the same individuals across waves, natural fluctuations in self-control simply did not translate into meaningful shifts in pro-environmental behavior.”
“The link is really anchored in stable, long-term trait differences,” Li continued. “It underscores that promoting sustainability requires more than urging people to ‘try harder’; we need to build habits and shape environments that make green choices effortless.”
The results provide evidence that having greener habits is part of an overarching lifestyle rather than a fleeting mood. “The main message is that the connection between self-control and green behavior is primarily a stable trait-level pattern: people who generally have stronger self-control also tend to live more sustainably across time,” Li said. “Yet when we tracked the same individuals over multiple waves, short-term ups and downs in their self-control did not reliably produce immediate changes in their environmental habits.”
“So it is not about heroic bursts of willpower in the moment; it is about who you are, on average, over the long haul,” Li added. “That distinction matters for everyday life. Sustainable living is really a marathon built from countless small decisions, turning off lights, carrying reusable bags, sorting waste, that add up over months and years.”
This highlights the need for structural changes that make sustainable choices easier for everyone. “If we rely solely on asking people to ‘try harder’ each time, we are fighting an uphill battle against human nature,” Li said. “A smarter approach is to reduce the self-control demand itself. Putting reminder stickers near light switches, placing recycling bins in convenient locations, or sharing monthly electricity or water-use feedback with family members can make the green choice the easy choice.”
Communities can also use nudging strategies to encourage green behaviors. Nudging involves designing choices in a way that guides people toward a desired action without restricting their freedom. Making recycling bins more accessible or automatically opting people into green energy plans reduces the amount of willpower needed to help the planet. “By designing environments and routines that minimize friction, we can promote sustainable actions without requiring constant mental effort,” Li said.
The researchers also note that self-control could be used as a helpful metric when assembling teams to tackle climate issues. People with naturally high self-control might be better equipped to handle the long-term demands of environmental advocacy. “One final thought: when selecting people for roles with significant environmental responsibilities, it makes sense to weigh self-control alongside their environmental attitudes and professional competence,” Li said.
The study does have a few limitations that should be noted. “We used self-report questionnaires and focused on Chinese high school and university students,” Li said. “That makes the findings suggestive rather than definitive. Future work should test whether the same pattern holds in other populations and with objective measures, such as actual behavioral tasks or real-world tracking, before drawing firmer conclusions.”
In addition, the one-year gap between the data collection waves might have missed smaller, short-term connections between willpower and sustainable choices. A full year is a long time, and a person’s self-control might fluctuate on a daily or weekly basis.
Going forward, the researchers plan to look at other psychological traits that support sustainable living. “Our next step is to understand why some people follow through on environmental intentions while others do not,” Li said. “We are especially interested in grit, passion and perseverance for long-term goals, because environmental protection is not a one-off act; it is a decades-long commitment.”
“The Paris Agreement, for instance, sets carbon-neutrality targets for the mid-twenty-first century, a timeline that feels distant to most people alive today,” Li noted. “That means safeguarding the planet demands sustained effort against slow, incremental payoffs, exactly the conditions where grit should matter.”
The scientists hope to figure out exactly how to foster this type of long-term dedication. “We want to test whether grit and related traits can help explain who stays the course in the face of such delayed rewards, and whether we can design interventions or educational programs that cultivate this kind of persistence for ecological goals,” Li said.
The study, “Longitudinal associations between self-control and pro-environmental behaviors,” was authored by Xingbo Wang, Yanru Liu, Yalun Zhang, Zhenglian Su, Liyun Hua, Yajun Zhao, and Jingguang Li.
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DATE: May 12, 2026 at 04:00PM
SOURCE: PSYPOST.ORG** Research quality varies widely from fantastic to small exploratory studies. Please check research methods when conclusions are very important to you. **
-------------------------------------------------TITLE: New study finds sustainable living relies on stable personality traits, not temporary bursts of willpower
Recent research suggests that people who naturally possess higher levels of self-control tend to engage in more environmentally friendly habits over time. However, short-term changes in a person’s willpower do not directly lead to greener choices. These findings provide evidence that making sustainable choices easier, rather than relying on individual discipline, might be a more effective way to encourage eco-friendly habits. The study was published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology.
Scientists conducted this study to better understand the psychological traits that drive people to protect the environment. Environmental challenges like climate change and biodiversity loss require immediate action from everyday people. Actions that reduce a person’s negative impact on the planet are known as pro-environmental behaviors. Taking these actions often requires individuals to override their immediate conveniences for the sake of long-term ecological goals.
Pursuing these long-term goals requires a degree of self-regulation. Self-control is a specific and essential type of self-regulation. It involves managing internal reactions, delaying gratification, and resisting unwanted behavioral impulses. Previous research suggests that people with higher self-control tend to act more sustainably because they can keep long-term goals in mind.
“The idea first struck me during a very ordinary moment,” said Jingguang Li, a professor of psychology at Dali University in China. “I had just finished a bottle of water and there was no recycling bin in sight. I felt the urge to simply discard it, but instead I held onto it until I found a proper disposal point.”
“That minor internal struggle made me curious: do people with stronger self-control naturally gravitate toward greener choices in their daily lives?” Li said. His laboratory was already studying self-control, making the connection to everyday environmental behavior a natural extension of their work.
Most previous studies on this topic relied on cross-sectional designs. A cross-sectional study looks at a group of people at a single point in time, much like a photograph. This makes it difficult to know the exact direction of the relationship between variables.
“Previous studies found that more self-controlled people also report more sustainable habits, but almost all of that evidence came from cross-sectional surveys, single snapshots in time,” Li told PsyPost. “That leaves a crucial ambiguity: does the link simply reflect stable differences between people, or can a real change in self-control actually drive a change in behavior?”
This single-snapshot approach also leaves room for survey bias. “Because both self-control and pro-environmental behavior are socially valued traits, respondents filling out a one-shot questionnaire tend to paint a consistently positive picture of themselves,” Li said. “If they rate themselves as highly disciplined, they often feel compelled to rate themselves as environmentally conscious too.”
This bias can artificially inflate the correlation, making the two traits look more tightly linked than they truly are in daily life. “To get around both problems, we followed the same participants across multiple time points,” Li said. “Spacing out the measurements helps separate genuine directional effects from the bias of wanting to appear virtuous in a single sitting.”
Longitudinal studies track the exact same individuals across multiple points in time. This allows scientists to see how changes in one trait might predict changes in another trait over months or years. The researchers specifically chose to study adolescents and young adults. Late adolescence and early adulthood are periods when individuals are still developing their self-regulation capacities and forming their long-term environmental habits.
In the first study, the researchers recruited 221 high school students from a public school in China. The sample included about 66 percent female students with an average age of roughly 16 years old. The researchers assessed the students twice, with a full year passing between the first and second assessment waves. During each wave, the students filled out paper questionnaires in their classrooms while supervised by research assistants.
To measure self-control, the scientists used a 13-item questionnaire. Students rated statements about their ability to resist temptation and their tendency to think before acting. To measure pro-environmental behavior, the students rated how often they engaged in specific green activities over the past 12 months. These activities included recycling cans, saving energy at home, or buying products in reusable containers.
When analyzing the data, the scientists used a statistical technique called a cross-lagged panel model. This method looks at how a variable at the first time point predicts a different variable at the second time point. The findings of this first study showed that higher self-control at the start of the year predicted an increase in pro-environmental behaviors by the end of the year.
The researchers conducted a second study to expand on these findings using a larger sample and a longer timeframe. The second study included 1286 university students from a single university in China. This group was about 63 percent female with an average age of roughly 19 years old. Instead of just two check-ins, the researchers tracked these students across three distinct waves, with exactly one year between each wave.
Because the study spanned three full years, the scientists could use a more advanced statistical tool called a random-intercept cross-lagged panel model. This advanced statistical model separates the survey data into two different mathematical layers. The first layer looks at stable differences between different people. The second layer looks at temporary fluctuations within the exact same person.
Separating these layers helps scientists avoid confusing a stable personality trait with a passing state of mind. At the stable, trait-like level, the researchers found a positive association between the two factors. Individuals who consistently showed higher self-control compared to their peers also consistently reported more sustainable behaviors. This suggests that self-control is a stable personal trait strongly linked to living a greener lifestyle.
At the fluctuating, individual level, the data showed a different pattern. When a specific student experienced a natural drop or increase in their own typical self-control, it did not predict any subsequent change in their sustainable habits. This suggests that year-to-year shifts in a person’s willpower do not directly drive short-term changes in how they treat the environment.
“We were genuinely surprised by what we found inside the same person over time,” Li said. “At the outset, we had assumed that if someone’s self-control improved, their pro-environmental behavior would improve with it. But when we tracked the same individuals across waves, natural fluctuations in self-control simply did not translate into meaningful shifts in pro-environmental behavior.”
“The link is really anchored in stable, long-term trait differences,” Li continued. “It underscores that promoting sustainability requires more than urging people to ‘try harder’; we need to build habits and shape environments that make green choices effortless.”
The results provide evidence that having greener habits is part of an overarching lifestyle rather than a fleeting mood. “The main message is that the connection between self-control and green behavior is primarily a stable trait-level pattern: people who generally have stronger self-control also tend to live more sustainably across time,” Li said. “Yet when we tracked the same individuals over multiple waves, short-term ups and downs in their self-control did not reliably produce immediate changes in their environmental habits.”
“So it is not about heroic bursts of willpower in the moment; it is about who you are, on average, over the long haul,” Li added. “That distinction matters for everyday life. Sustainable living is really a marathon built from countless small decisions, turning off lights, carrying reusable bags, sorting waste, that add up over months and years.”
This highlights the need for structural changes that make sustainable choices easier for everyone. “If we rely solely on asking people to ‘try harder’ each time, we are fighting an uphill battle against human nature,” Li said. “A smarter approach is to reduce the self-control demand itself. Putting reminder stickers near light switches, placing recycling bins in convenient locations, or sharing monthly electricity or water-use feedback with family members can make the green choice the easy choice.”
Communities can also use nudging strategies to encourage green behaviors. Nudging involves designing choices in a way that guides people toward a desired action without restricting their freedom. Making recycling bins more accessible or automatically opting people into green energy plans reduces the amount of willpower needed to help the planet. “By designing environments and routines that minimize friction, we can promote sustainable actions without requiring constant mental effort,” Li said.
The researchers also note that self-control could be used as a helpful metric when assembling teams to tackle climate issues. People with naturally high self-control might be better equipped to handle the long-term demands of environmental advocacy. “One final thought: when selecting people for roles with significant environmental responsibilities, it makes sense to weigh self-control alongside their environmental attitudes and professional competence,” Li said.
The study does have a few limitations that should be noted. “We used self-report questionnaires and focused on Chinese high school and university students,” Li said. “That makes the findings suggestive rather than definitive. Future work should test whether the same pattern holds in other populations and with objective measures, such as actual behavioral tasks or real-world tracking, before drawing firmer conclusions.”
In addition, the one-year gap between the data collection waves might have missed smaller, short-term connections between willpower and sustainable choices. A full year is a long time, and a person’s self-control might fluctuate on a daily or weekly basis.
Going forward, the researchers plan to look at other psychological traits that support sustainable living. “Our next step is to understand why some people follow through on environmental intentions while others do not,” Li said. “We are especially interested in grit, passion and perseverance for long-term goals, because environmental protection is not a one-off act; it is a decades-long commitment.”
“The Paris Agreement, for instance, sets carbon-neutrality targets for the mid-twenty-first century, a timeline that feels distant to most people alive today,” Li noted. “That means safeguarding the planet demands sustained effort against slow, incremental payoffs, exactly the conditions where grit should matter.”
The scientists hope to figure out exactly how to foster this type of long-term dedication. “We want to test whether grit and related traits can help explain who stays the course in the face of such delayed rewards, and whether we can design interventions or educational programs that cultivate this kind of persistence for ecological goals,” Li said.
The study, “Longitudinal associations between self-control and pro-environmental behaviors,” was authored by Xingbo Wang, Yanru Liu, Yalun Zhang, Zhenglian Su, Liyun Hua, Yajun Zhao, and Jingguang Li.
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„Trinkgeld-Aufforderung“ bei Kartenzahlung? Das ist eure Meinung
Auf Instagram haben wir nach eurer Meinung zu „Trinkgeld-Empfehlungen“ gefragt. Der Post hat für ordentlich Diskussionen gesorgt. Das sagt SWR3Land.
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„Trinkgeld-Aufforderung“ bei Kartenzahlung? Das ist eure Meinung
Auf Instagram haben wir nach eurer Meinung zu „Trinkgeld-Empfehlungen“ gefragt. Der Post hat für ordentlich Diskussionen gesorgt. Das sagt SWR3Land.
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„Trinkgeld-Aufforderung“ bei Kartenzahlung? Das ist eure Meinung
Auf Instagram haben wir nach eurer Meinung zu „Trinkgeld-Empfehlungen“ gefragt. Der Post hat für ordentlich Diskussionen gesorgt. Das sagt SWR3Land.
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„Trinkgeld-Aufforderung“ bei Kartenzahlung? Das ist eure Meinung
Auf Instagram haben wir nach eurer Meinung zu „Trinkgeld-Empfehlungen“ gefragt. Der Post hat für ordentlich Diskussionen gesorgt. Das sagt SWR3Land.
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👩🦰 👩🦰 Our digital twins could give away our very essence of who we are and how we operate - the biometric psychography that could come to define us. If we don't take control of our biometrics, we risk exposing ourselves to identity theft and manipulation on a biological level.
#neurorights #mentalprivacy #hdt #humandigitaltwin #biomentrics #neuromarketing #priming #nudging #identity #identitytheft
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📲 Increasingly we have to stay vigilant on a number of different fronts - manipulation does not just come from the legacy media, it can come from the very tech that govern our lives.
🌎 We need to bring the discussions about tech-based manipulation at the core of our public policy conversation.
#neurorights #mentalprivacy #biometrics #cognitiveliberty #priming #nudging #privacy #neurotechnology
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❓ Are we getting the full picture?
📲 Consumer gadget sites that promote devices collecting "cognitive biometrics" data, need to label their product reviews about how those biometrics maybe used for neuromarketing or experimental "nudging".
❓ Does your gadget collect neuro data that can create psychographic profile about you ??
#neuromarketing #nudging #BCI #BBI #consumerrights #cognitiveliberty #mentalprivacy
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Ich werde meinen Kindern durchaus Windows und macOS zeigen – nicht um sie daran zu gewöhnen, sondern um ihnen zu erklären, was da wirklich passiert. #Telemetrie, die sich nicht vollständig abschalten lässt. Datenschutzoptionen, die wie echte Kontrolle aussehen, aber vor allem der Beruhigung dienen. Und überall das sanfte Schubsen Richtung #Cloud, Microsoft-Konto, Apple-ID. Das nennt sich #Nudging – und es ist kein Zufall, sondern Teil des Designs. Wer das einmal durchschaut hat, sieht solche Systeme nicht mehr als Werkzeug, sondern als kontrollierte Umgebung im Interesse des Anbieters.
/kuk
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Ich werde meinen Kindern durchaus Windows und macOS zeigen – nicht um sie daran zu gewöhnen, sondern um ihnen zu erklären, was da wirklich passiert. #Telemetrie, die sich nicht vollständig abschalten lässt. Datenschutzoptionen, die wie echte Kontrolle aussehen, aber vor allem der Beruhigung dienen. Und überall das sanfte Schubsen Richtung #Cloud, Microsoft-Konto, Apple-ID. Das nennt sich #Nudging – und es ist kein Zufall, sondern Teil des Designs. Wer das einmal durchschaut hat, sieht solche Systeme nicht mehr als Werkzeug, sondern als kontrollierte Umgebung im Interesse des Anbieters.
/kuk
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Ich werde meinen Kindern durchaus Windows und macOS zeigen – nicht um sie daran zu gewöhnen, sondern um ihnen zu erklären, was da wirklich passiert. #Telemetrie, die sich nicht vollständig abschalten lässt. Datenschutzoptionen, die wie echte Kontrolle aussehen, aber vor allem der Beruhigung dienen. Und überall das sanfte Schubsen Richtung #Cloud, Microsoft-Konto, Apple-ID. Das nennt sich #Nudging – und es ist kein Zufall, sondern Teil des Designs. Wer das einmal durchschaut hat, sieht solche Systeme nicht mehr als Werkzeug, sondern als kontrollierte Umgebung im Interesse des Anbieters.
/kuk
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Ich werde meinen Kindern durchaus Windows und macOS zeigen – nicht um sie daran zu gewöhnen, sondern um ihnen zu erklären, was da wirklich passiert. #Telemetrie, die sich nicht vollständig abschalten lässt. Datenschutzoptionen, die wie echte Kontrolle aussehen, aber vor allem der Beruhigung dienen. Und überall das sanfte Schubsen Richtung #Cloud, Microsoft-Konto, Apple-ID. Das nennt sich #Nudging – und es ist kein Zufall, sondern Teil des Designs. Wer das einmal durchschaut hat, sieht solche Systeme nicht mehr als Werkzeug, sondern als kontrollierte Umgebung im Interesse des Anbieters.
/kuk
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Ich werde meinen Kindern durchaus Windows und macOS zeigen – nicht um sie daran zu gewöhnen, sondern um ihnen zu erklären, was da wirklich passiert. #Telemetrie, die sich nicht vollständig abschalten lässt. Datenschutzoptionen, die wie echte Kontrolle aussehen, aber vor allem der Beruhigung dienen. Und überall das sanfte Schubsen Richtung #Cloud, Microsoft-Konto, Apple-ID. Das nennt sich #Nudging – und es ist kein Zufall, sondern Teil des Designs. Wer das einmal durchschaut hat, sieht solche Systeme nicht mehr als Werkzeug, sondern als kontrollierte Umgebung im Interesse des Anbieters.
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This is pretty cool: "Green Nudges are interventions, big or small, that aim to influence behaviour to make people act more sustainable." - their database currently has 140 nudges that can help people switch to more environmental-friendly behavior.
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#Nudging ist keine neutrale Hilfestellung – es ist ein gezieltes Instrument der Verhaltenslenkung, das Menschen ohne ihr bewusstes Nachdenken in eine bestimmte Richtung „anstupst“. Die Methode nutzt kognitive Verzerrungen, verdrehte Standards und Framing, um Entscheidungen zu beeinflussen, ohne dass die Betroffenen es merken oder Alternativen aktiv abwägen.
Im Wolfsschutz-Kontext wird Nudging (oder ähnliche Techniken) derzeit massiv gegen den #Wolf instrumentalisiert -
#Research Says Greggs Could Double #Vegan #Sausage Roll Sales by Adding a #Protein Label
https://vegconomist.com/studies-numbers/research-greggs-double-vegan-sausage-roll-sales-protein-label/This is amazing insight: if you use #highprotein as argument for vegan products, you can double(!) their acceptance. 😲
Reason: people have false beliefs in the protein value of vegan alternative #food products: most people think that non-vegan products contain more protein, which is typically wrong.
/via @minkorrekt
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De Dame van Elche
De Dame van Elche (Nationaal Archeologisch Museum, Madrid)Ik heb nog nooit iemand ontmoet die bij het zien van een afbeelding van de Dame van Elche, niet onder de indruk was. Niet dat ik dit heb getoetst door middel van een representatief bevolkingsonderzoek, maar alleen al uit het afgelopen halve jaar herinner ik me een stuk of vijf mensen die zich er ongevraagd positief over uitlieten.
Ontdekking
Het beeld is in 1897 gevonden bij Elche (of Elx, zoals men ter plekke zegt), waar een antieke stad lag die de Grieken Helike noemden en de Romeinen Ilici. Lange tijd is beweerd dat de ontdekker een veertienjarige jongen was die Manuel Campello heette. Zo’n verhaal past goed bij het format “niet-archeoloog doet ontdekking en zorgt dat het bij de autoriteiten komt en het blijkt belangrijk en nou is de wetenschap heel erg blij”. Archeologen gebruiken dit format graag om mensen ervan te overtuigen vondsten te melden. Dat die vondsten zelden werkelijk belangrijk zijn, wordt er nooit bij gezegd, en ik voel me altijd wat ongemakkelijk als ik weer lees dat een kind, een wandelaar of een soldaat die een schuttersputje aan het graven was, een vondst deed en meldde. Wetenschappelijke persberichten moeten werkelijke informatie delen, niet nudgen.
Dat gezegd zijnde: dit keer was de vondst werkelijk belangrijk. In de hoop meer te ontdekken over de precieze vindplaats, hebben onderzoekers uit Alicante een tijdje geleden het ontdekkingsverhaal nog eens gecontroleerd. Over de vindplaats ontdekte men weinig van belang, maar over de vondst ontdekte men wel iets: het bleek dat de echte ontdekker een arbeider was die Antonio Maciá heette. Die is uit het verhaal weggeschreven terwijl de landeigenaar, die wél Manuel Campello heette, is veranderd in een kind. Alles om het format te handhaven. Het geval staat natuurlijk niet op zichzelf: ik blogde al eens over de vergeten Egyptische fotografen en over de gezusters Agnes en Margaret Smith.
Maar wat is het?
Maar wat is dit? Het beeld dateert uit de vierde eeuw v.Chr. en archeologen rekenen het tot de Iberische cultuur, wat de naam is die ze gebruiken voor het oosten van Spanje vanaf pakweg 500 v.Chr. (en dus niet voor het hele Iberische Schiereiland). Die mensen spraken een eigen taal, hadden een eigen schrift en een eigen materiële cultuur, die duidelijk Karthaagse en Griekse invloeden had ondergaan. De beeldhouwer die verantwoordelijk is voor de Dame van Elche, heeft weleens een Grieks beeld gezien in het even verderop gelegen Alicante (het antieke Leukè Akra ofwel Lucentum).
Het beeld baarde meteen opzien en er waren claims dat het een vervalsing moest zijn. De weinige voorbeelden van Iberische sculptuur leken hier nauwelijks op. Inmiddels kennen we meer van zulke vrouwenbeelden, afkomstig uit gecontroleerde opgravingen, zodat de argumenten die destijds golden, geen opgeld meer doen. Die andere beelden staan met de Dame van Elche samen opgesteld in het Nationaal Archeologisch Museum in Madrid, en je ziet meteen welk beeld het meesterwerk is. Recent zijn in Turuñuelo (richting Portugese grens) soortgelijke beelden gevonden, die iets ouder zijn en de indruk wekken dat de portretkunst op het Iberische Schiereiland een autonome ontwikkeling is, begonnen in het gebied van Tartessos.
Nogmaals de Dame van ElcheHet beeld is nu niet meer beschilderd, we moeten het doen me de sculptuur zelf. Het meest opvallende zijn de sieraden: drie halskettingen met amuletten, een met juwelen versierde diadeem en twee ronde, trommelachtige schijven op de slapen. Ook de andere beelden hebben zulke “trommels”. Volgens mij zijn ze daarmee uniek. Ik kan me althans niet herinneren ooit soortgelijke sieraden te hebben gezien.
De eerste interpretatie was dat het beeld een Moorse koningin voorstelde, maar het was al snel duidelijk dat het ouder was. De Eerste Hoofdwet van de Archeologie zijnde de Eerste Hoofdwet van de Archeologie redeneerden de archeologen vervolgens dat dit wel een godin zou zijn, meer precies de Karthaagse Tanit. Inmiddels is onderzoek gedaan naar de binnenkant van het beeld, waarin nog altijd sporen waren te vinden van menselijke as, zodat we nu weten dat het feitelijk een urn is. Het doet in de verte denken aan de Etruskische, mensvormige urnen die “canopen” worden genoemd.
Nationaal symbool
Zoals gezegd: het beeld maakt en maakte indruk. Menigeen wilde het kopen. Iemand als Pablo Picasso, gefascineerd door niet-klassieke kunstvormen, zag het als een pure, authentieke uiting van een Iberisch volk dat nog niet aan Rome was onderworpen. Uiteindelijk is het voor een schamel bedrag verkocht aan het Louvre. Dat was tegen het zere been van menig Spanjaard, want waarom moest dit elegante portret nou naar Parijs?
Bankbiljet met de Dame van ElcheDictator Francisco Franco maakte daarom nogal een punt van de teruggave en kort na de Tweede Wereldoorlog keerde het voorwerp inderdaad terug naar Spanje, waar Franco het presenteerde als een nationaal symbool. Het stond bijvoorbeeld op de bankbiljetten. Ging het bij Picasso nog om pure Iberische kunst, in sommige rechtse kringen was de Dame van Elche een uiting van een genetisch puur volk.
Voor zover ik iets weet van Spanje – en dat is niet veel – heeft de Dame van Elche inmiddels niet meer zo’n nare bijbetekenis. Het is echter, zo zag ik een tijdje geleden, nog onverminderd bewonderenswaardig mooi.
[Dit was het 519e voorwerp in mijn reeks museumstukken.]
Deze blog, die u ook via het Whatsapp-kanaal kunt volgen, is niet mijn enige activiteit. In het voorjaar organiseer ik een reis naar Bulgarije en een andere reis langs Keltische locaties.
Zelfde tijdvak
Joodse literatuur (3)
mei 21, 2014
Dood in Babylon (2)
juni 13, 2014
De vos in de Bijbel en bij Aristoteles
november 16, 2023 Deel dit: #DameVanElche #Elche #FranciscoFranco #nudging #PabloPicasso #Spanje #Tartessos #Turuñuelo -
De Dame van Elche
De Dame van Elche (Nationaal Archeologisch Museum, Madrid)Ik heb nog nooit iemand ontmoet die bij het zien van een afbeelding van de Dame van Elche, niet onder de indruk was. Niet dat ik dit heb getoetst door middel van een representatief bevolkingsonderzoek, maar alleen al uit het afgelopen halve jaar herinner ik me een stuk of vijf mensen die zich er ongevraagd positief over uitlieten.
Ontdekking
Het beeld is in 1897 gevonden bij Elche (of Elx, zoals men ter plekke zegt), waar een antieke stad lag die de Grieken Helike noemden en de Romeinen Ilici. Lange tijd is beweerd dat de ontdekker een veertienjarige jongen was die Manuel Campello heette. Zo’n verhaal past goed bij het format “niet-archeoloog doet ontdekking en zorgt dat het bij de autoriteiten komt en het blijkt belangrijk en nou is de wetenschap heel erg blij”. Archeologen gebruiken dit format graag om mensen ervan te overtuigen vondsten te melden. Dat die vondsten zelden werkelijk belangrijk zijn, wordt er nooit bij gezegd, en ik voel me altijd wat ongemakkelijk als ik weer lees dat een kind, een wandelaar of een soldaat die een schuttersputje aan het graven was, een vondst deed en meldde. Wetenschappelijke persberichten moeten werkelijke informatie delen, niet nudgen.
Dat gezegd zijnde: dit keer was de vondst werkelijk belangrijk. In de hoop meer te ontdekken over de precieze vindplaats, hebben onderzoekers uit Alicante een tijdje geleden het ontdekkingsverhaal nog eens gecontroleerd. Over de vindplaats ontdekte men weinig van belang, maar over de vondst ontdekte men wel iets: het bleek dat de echte ontdekker een arbeider was die Antonio Maciá heette. Die is uit het verhaal weggeschreven terwijl de landeigenaar, die wél Manuel Campello heette, is veranderd in een kind. Alles om het format te handhaven. Het geval staat natuurlijk niet op zichzelf: ik blogde al eens over de vergeten Egyptische fotografen en over de gezusters Agnes en Margaret Smith.
Maar wat is het?
Maar wat is dit? Het beeld dateert uit de vierde eeuw v.Chr. en archeologen rekenen het tot de Iberische cultuur, wat de naam is die ze gebruiken voor het oosten van Spanje vanaf pakweg 500 v.Chr. (en dus niet voor het hele Iberische Schiereiland). Die mensen spraken een eigen taal, hadden een eigen schrift en een eigen materiële cultuur, die duidelijk Karthaagse en Griekse invloeden had ondergaan. De beeldhouwer die verantwoordelijk is voor de Dame van Elche, heeft weleens een Grieks beeld gezien in het even verderop gelegen Alicante (het antieke Leukè Akra ofwel Lucentum).
Het beeld baarde meteen opzien en er waren claims dat het een vervalsing moest zijn. De weinige voorbeelden van Iberische sculptuur leken hier nauwelijks op. Inmiddels kennen we meer van zulke vrouwenbeelden, afkomstig uit gecontroleerde opgravingen, zodat de argumenten die destijds golden, geen opgeld meer doen. Die andere beelden staan met de Dame van Elche samen opgesteld in het Nationaal Archeologisch Museum in Madrid, en je ziet meteen welk beeld het meesterwerk is. Recent zijn in Turuñuelo (richting Portugese grens) soortgelijke beelden gevonden, die iets ouder zijn en de indruk wekken dat de portretkunst op het Iberische Schiereiland een autonome ontwikkeling is, begonnen in het gebied van Tartessos.
Nogmaals de Dame van ElcheHet beeld is nu niet meer beschilderd, we moeten het doen me de sculptuur zelf. Het meest opvallende zijn de sieraden: drie halskettingen met amuletten, een met juwelen versierde diadeem en twee ronde, trommelachtige schijven op de slapen. Ook de andere beelden hebben zulke “trommels”. Volgens mij zijn ze daarmee uniek. Ik kan me althans niet herinneren ooit soortgelijke sieraden te hebben gezien.
De eerste interpretatie was dat het beeld een Moorse koningin voorstelde, maar het was al snel duidelijk dat het ouder was. De Eerste Hoofdwet van de Archeologie zijnde de Eerste Hoofdwet van de Archeologie redeneerden de archeologen vervolgens dat dit wel een godin zou zijn, meer precies de Karthaagse Tanit. Inmiddels is onderzoek gedaan naar de binnenkant van het beeld, waarin nog altijd sporen waren te vinden van menselijke as, zodat we nu weten dat het feitelijk een urn is. Het doet in de verte denken aan de Etruskische, mensvormige urnen die “canopen” worden genoemd.
Nationaal symbool
Zoals gezegd: het beeld maakt en maakte indruk. Menigeen wilde het kopen. Iemand als Pablo Picasso, gefascineerd door niet-klassieke kunstvormen, zag het als een pure, authentieke uiting van een Iberisch volk dat nog niet aan Rome was onderworpen. Uiteindelijk is het voor een schamel bedrag verkocht aan het Louvre. Dat was tegen het zere been van menig Spanjaard, want waarom moest dit elegante portret nou naar Parijs?
Bankbiljet met de Dame van ElcheDictator Francisco Franco maakte daarom nogal een punt van de teruggave en kort na de Tweede Wereldoorlog keerde het voorwerp inderdaad terug naar Spanje, waar Franco het presenteerde als een nationaal symbool. Het stond bijvoorbeeld op de bankbiljetten. Ging het bij Picasso nog om pure Iberische kunst, in sommige rechtse kringen was de Dame van Elche een uiting van een genetisch puur volk.
Voor zover ik iets weet van Spanje – en dat is niet veel – heeft de Dame van Elche inmiddels niet meer zo’n nare bijbetekenis. Het is echter, zo zag ik een tijdje geleden, nog onverminderd bewonderenswaardig mooi.
[Dit was het 519e voorwerp in mijn reeks museumstukken.]
Deze blog, die u ook via het Whatsapp-kanaal kunt volgen, is niet mijn enige activiteit. In het voorjaar organiseer ik een reis naar Bulgarije en een andere reis langs Keltische locaties.
Zelfde tijdvak
Joodse literatuur (3)
mei 21, 2014
Dood in Babylon (2)
juni 13, 2014
De vos in de Bijbel en bij Aristoteles
november 16, 2023 Deel dit: #DameVanElche #Elche #FranciscoFranco #nudging #PabloPicasso #Spanje #Tartessos #Turuñuelo -
Wieso triggert mich das gelbe V-Label auf der 400g Käsepackung (für die 4-5 ? Liter Kuhmuttermilch herhalten müssen) als Veganer so ungemein ? 😕 Sollte das Label dann nicht grün sein um klar zu zeigen das es nur vegetarisch und nicht vegan ist !! Die Milchindustrie macht scheinbar alles Mögliche um bei den Leuten das Umdenken zu verhindern .... #vegan #fake #Nudging
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As a part of my mission #LinkedInAndOut I am planning to create an #adventcalendar on #LinkedIn: Every day in December towards #Christmas Eve I will share an update about the #fediverse to increase peoples #motivation to be a part of it.
Now, I am short of the content for the 24 updates. Every one of them should have a positive angle.
Any ideas? Tell me, please.#nudging #ideas #help #thankyou
#adventfedilendar2025(please share)
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Som en del af min mission #LinkedInAndOut har jeg en plan om at lave en #adventskalender på ##LinkedIn: Hver dag i december frem mod juleaften vil jeg dele et budskab om #fødiverset for at øge folks motivation for at blive en del af det.
Nu mangler jeg indholdet til de 24 indlæg. Alle skal have positive vinkler.
Har du en god idé? Lad mig høre.#nudging #ideer #hjælp #tak #jul
#adventsfødilender2025(del gerne)
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4/🧵I have ethical concerns about the application of #BehavioralEconomics by govt, corps, banks, healthcare and NGOs. #Nudging and other behavioral economics techniques are designed to ENGINEER compliance in target populations. That just doesn’t sound right does it? We’re already being manipulated enough, don’t ya think? Here are just some of my concerns:
While nudging can improve outcomes, it raises serious questions about:
1. Autonomy: Are people really choosing, or are they being subtly coerced?
2. Transparency: Few nudges are disclosed; the “choice architecture” is invisible.
3. Manipulation for control: When used by authoritarian regimes or monopolies, nudging becomes behavioral control rather than soft persuasion.
4. Digital surveillance: Personalized nudges via AI (e.g., targeted content feeds) move from “one-size-fits-all” nudging to microtargeted compliance engineering.
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3/🧵Consumer nudges - some examples of techniques employed by corporations to engineer behavior in target populations:
1. Anchoring
Showing an expensive “premium” product first makes mid-tier products feel affordable.
2. Subscription retention
Friction design
“Cancel” buried behind multiple screens or confirmation steps exploits status quo bias.
3. Digital engagement
Variable rewards
Social media “likes” and notifications use dopamine-triggering intermittent reinforcement.
4. Privacy compliance (ironically)
Framing & overload
Privacy notices are long and confusing; most users click “Agree” by default.
5. Email & SMS text nudges to complete purchases, participate in promotions, or claim discounts#BehavioralEconomics #economy #compliance #nudge #nudging #SocialScience
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"Rauchen verbieten. Einfach verbieten" - Offener Autoritarismus als Testparcours (Philipp Bovermann)
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"Rauchen verbieten. Einfach verbieten" - Offener Autoritarismus als Testparcours (Philipp Bovermann)
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"Rauchen verbieten. Einfach verbieten" - Offener Autoritarismus als Testparcours (Philipp Bovermann)
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The #foodsystem contributes to #climatechange, #biodiversity loss & #landuse change while chronic #diseases increase. Plant-based #diets could protect planetary & individual #health. In hospitals, #nudging (listing #plantbased dishes first) can improve dietary choices: doi.org/10.1186/s129...
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Neulich im #Kindergarten. Gespräch mit der Leitung. Wir kommen auf das Thema #Datenschutz. Spüre Interesse und verweise darauf die #Pixi-Bücher des @bfdi, die unter der Leitung von @ulrichkelber eingeführt wurden, in großen Mengen bestellen zu können.
Zwei Wochen später sind die Heftchen zum mitnehmen ausgelegt und am Nachmittag fast alle vergriffen :ablobcatheartsqueeze: nun kann die Kindergeschichte bei den Eltern wirken#TeamDatenschutz ins #Kinderzimmer, liebe @fedieltern
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Neulich im #Kindergarten. Gespräch mit der Leitung. Wir kommen auf das Thema #Datenschutz. Spüre Interesse und verweise darauf die #Pixi-Bücher des @bfdi, die unter der Leitung von @ulrichkelber eingeführt wurden, in großen Mengen bestellen zu können.
Zwei Wochen später sind die Heftchen zum mitnehmen ausgelegt und am Nachmittag fast alle vergriffen :ablobcatheartsqueeze: nun kann die Kindergeschichte bei den Eltern wirken#TeamDatenschutz ins #Kinderzimmer, liebe @fedieltern
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Neulich im #Kindergarten. Gespräch mit der Leitung. Wir kommen auf das Thema #Datenschutz. Spüre Interesse und verweise darauf die #Pixi-Bücher des @bfdi, die unter der Leitung von @ulrichkelber eingeführt wurden, in großen Mengen bestellen zu können.
Zwei Wochen später sind die Heftchen zum mitnehmen ausgelegt und am Nachmittag fast alle vergriffen :ablobcatheartsqueeze: nun kann die Kindergeschichte bei den Eltern wirken#TeamDatenschutz ins #Kinderzimmer, liebe @fedieltern
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Neulich im #Kindergarten. Gespräch mit der Leitung. Wir kommen auf das Thema #Datenschutz. Spüre Interesse und verweise darauf die #Pixi-Bücher des @bfdi, die unter der Leitung von @ulrichkelber eingeführt wurden, in großen Mengen bestellen zu können.
Zwei Wochen später sind die Heftchen zum mitnehmen ausgelegt und am Nachmittag fast alle vergriffen :ablobcatheartsqueeze: nun kann die Kindergeschichte bei den Eltern wirken#TeamDatenschutz ins #Kinderzimmer, liebe @fedieltern
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Ja Ja, der Datenschutz
Datenschutz ist der dünne Lack zwischen Profiling Microtargeting und Nudging es ist der minimale Schutz vor Stalking Doxing Identitätsdiebstahl.
Datenschutz stört, wenn ein Dienst/ App nur einen Collateralnutzen für die User ins Schaufenster stellt, aber im Kern die Interessen von Politik, Staat und Wirtschaft bedienen soll. Das Märchen von der Fortschrittsbremse.#fortschrittsbremse #datenschutz #bsi #microtargeting #nudging
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Urteil VG Hannover: Wie müssen Cookie-Banner gestaltet sein?
„Cookies sind kleine Textdateien, die Websites in Ihrem Browser setzen, um Informationen über Ihre Nutzung der Website zu speichern und so Ihre Surferfahrung zu personalisieren.“ Diesen Satz haben sicherlich schon viele und das unzählige Male gehört oder gelesen. Auch wenn sich die Geister daran sch(...)
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„Hier sorgt ein Schild für IT-Sicherheit.“
Ein simpler Ausdruck an der Wand eines Flurs in der IT – zunächst absurd, fast schon spöttisch.
Doch es passiert etwas: Die IT-Mitarbeitenden diskutieren.
Über Bedeutung. Wirkung. Verantwortung.
Und plötzlich geht es wirklich um IT-Sicherheit.👉 Vielleicht beginnt Awareness genau so: Nicht mit einem Tool. Sondern mit einem Impuls.
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Die Mensa des Studentenwerkes Oberpfalz hat Ende 2024 einfach mal 8 Wochen lang kein Rindfleisch angeboten. Es hat sich niemand(!) beschwert, obwohl bei angekündigten Aktionen stets Protest aufflammte. Das ganze war ein #nudging Ecperiment der Uni Regensburg. Bei anderen Experimenten im Altersheim wurden Portionen verkleinert und nur auf Nachfrage mehr Fleisch ausgegeben. 90% der Essensempfänger fragten nicht. Bei der Produktion von 1kg Rindfleisch werden 25 kg #CO2 freigesetzt. Schwein: 10kg.
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Ist die Geschäftsfreiheit, Kunden nach Gutdünken Rabatte zu gewähren eigentlich irgendwie reglementiert oder von der Summe her beschränkt?
Konkret wundere ich mich darüber, dass OBI die Installation der OBI-App mit 200 Euro belohnt, wenn man einen Rasenmäher für 1200 Euro kauft.
Die persönlichen Daten der Kunden scheinen doch einen ziemlichen Wert zu haben. 🤔
Aber 200€ für Datenschutz und Privatsphäre bezahlen zu sollen, ..., das scheint mir doch ziemlich absurd zu sein. #Nudging -
(2/2) ... the #nudging lead to -6.5% #foodwaste, +38% #plant-based meal purchases and -19% meat-based meals, significantly cutting #environment impacts. Such interventions can shift #consumers choices to #sustainable food options by influencing their attitudes & knowledge: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2025.107874
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@fasnix und Ablehnen nur ein klick, ohne #Nudging oder #DarkPattern.
Scheint nicht zu funktionieren, ich bin dafür, dass das ab sofort nur noch opt-in geht, das "in" darf von mir aus in der Fußzeile der Webseite zu finden sein. Alternativ könnte sich "die Industrie" auf einen Standard zum Opt-In auf Browserebene einigen, ich wette das wird schneller funktionieren als #DoNotTrack oder #GlobalPrivacyControl 😉
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Das nach zwanzig Jahren aktualisierte #Glossar der Gegenwart hat mich in der Bibliothek der FH #Vorarlberg gleich angesprochen. Begriffe wie #Achtsamkeit, #Nudging, #Populismus, #Resilienz oder #Unsicherheit werden umsichtig beleuchtet. Ich denke mal dass ich diese 2.0 Version auch in meine Bibliothek stellen werde, denn "#Agilität ist die Fähigkeit, sich in rasch wandelnden und unsicheren Umgebungen zu bewegen und dabei kreative Potenziale freizusetzen."
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Aus Gründen habe ich gerade Edge gestartet. Ich finde ja, dass Microsoft wegen solchen Verhaltens verurteilt werden sollte.
Und zwar richtig, nicht nur so Pseudo-Bußgelder.An wen darf ich die Beschwerde richten, damit was passiert?
Vorzugsweise eine Behörde, die nicht selbst von Microsoft abhängig ist.
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Der #kulturpass als #nudging hin zu einer #eID Pflicht? Die alternativen Identifizierungsmoeglichkeiten darf man jedenfalls nur nutzen, wenn man _nachweislich_ die eID-Funktion nicht nutzen kann: https://www.kulturpass.de/jugendliche/alternative-verifizierung-jugend
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Hallo @glsbank
eine Rückmeldung zum Webdesign.
Als Kunde und Genosse bin ich schon ein wenig enttäuscht, dass inzwischen die Schaltfläche Kunde zu werben weit präsenter ist, als der Login für Bestandkonten. Ja ich weiß, das gibt sicher 2,7% mehr neue Registrierungen pro Monat (das hat euch bestimmt BWL Justus gesagt?). Mit etwas Klasse oder einem anderen Banking als "die anderen" hat das aber leider nichts mehr zu tun. Sehr schade. In der Soziologie sagt man, hier werden patterns (vielleicht fast schon dark patterns) angewandt um Leute zu nudgen (also zum Handeln zu verleiten). Das wirkt billig, wirklich schade.
Liebe GrüßeLeichte Abwandlung von meiner Direktnachricht an die GLS.
Bei der GLS #Bank sind #darkpattern oder zumindest ein gewisses #Nudging sind nicht zu verleugnen. Wenn euch der Ton zu harsch erscheint, dann Entschuldigung, das liegt an meiner Enttäuschung und Erwartungshaltung (die ihr mit eurer Werbung schürt). -
Zum Wochenende: Wenn Technik dich erziehen will - GNU/Linux.ch
https://gnulinux.ch/zum-wochenende-wenn-technik-dich-erziehen-will
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Zum Wochenende: Wenn Technik dich erziehen will
Technik versucht uns zunehmend durch sogenanntes Nudging zu erziehen. Dies lässt sich oftmals nicht abschalten. Werden wir bevormundet? Oder hilft es uns, bessere Menschen zu werden?
https://gnulinux.ch/zum-wochenende-wenn-technik-dich-erziehen-will
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Onderzoek naar nudging in het onderwijs
Onderzoek laat zien dat docenten in het mbo en hbo onbewust gebruikmaken van diverse nudging-technieken om het gedrag van lerenden te beïnvloeden. Een gebrek aan bewustzijn over deze technieken leidt soms tot ongewenst gedrag. Het onderzoek besteedt m.i. onvoldoende aandacht aan de rol van digitale technologie bij nudging.
https://www.te-learning.nl/blog/onderzoek-naar-nudging-in-het-onderwijs/
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📣 Presentation at Glücksspielsymposium #SympGS24Forschungsstelle Glücksspiel (Universität Hohenheim)
🎲 Adding to notions of #nudging and #DarkPatterns I spoke about other forms of Human-Technology Relations through #AdversarialAttacks, #Jailbreaking, and #SpecificationGaming
👾 Technical objects always afford more than what is intended by providers in their marketing logic. The spaces of possibility that lie beyond the logic of exploitation in the nature of the object indicate what will happen sooner or later in the application of technologies anyway- and the better you know your way around, the easier it is to help shape, counteract, be creative, make informed decisions and act in a self-determined way.
What's more, dealing with these things is simply a lot of fun. Thank you very much for the invitation and the positive feedback! The slides will soon be available on the University of Hohenheim website.
#genAI #objectrecognition #philosophy #philosophyoftechnology
