Essays about: "psychological ownership"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 29 essays containing the words psychological ownership.

  1. 11. Killing with Kindness: is whale watching in the Salish Sea killing the Southern Resident Killer Whales? : how the social representation of the endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales has a big incentive on locals’ actions to protect the pods

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Adélaïde Fouache; [2020]
    Keywords : SRKW; killer whales; endangerment; whale watch industry; United States; Canada; social representations;

    Abstract : The fish-eating Southern Resident Killer Whales (SRKW) live in the Salish Sea and have been listed as endangered by the U.S and Canada in early 2000s. Their population is still declining with only 72 individuals left in May 2020. READ MORE

  3. 12. Examining the Relationship Between Pet-Ownership & Human Physical and Psychological Wellbeing

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för socialt arbete och kriminologi

    Author : Hanna Rehnfeldt; [2020]
    Keywords : Attachment; Childhood; Human Wellbeing; Pet-Ownership; Social Support;

    Abstract : Despite copious research into the association between pet-ownership and human wellbeing in general, empirical data is contradictory and research focusing on the effect of pet-ownership across the lifespan is fundamentally lacking. This study provides analysis and discussion on the relationship between pet-ownership in childhood & human physical and psychological wellbeing in young adulthood. READ MORE

  4. 13. Is sharing really caring?

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för marknadsföring och strategi

    Author : Sundara Deepan Nedumaran; Aron Tesfamichael; [2019]
    Keywords : Sharing Economy; Misbehaviour; Nudging; Deviance; Deterrence;

    Abstract : The current shift towards access-based consumption, referred to as the Sharing Economy, has been of interest for researchers and practitioners alike. Within this sharing economy, the usage of mobility services has quickly increased in popularity, especially scooter sharing. READ MORE

  5. 14. Perceptions and relation-mediating mechanisms in human-wildlife conflicts : in the context of the reintroduction of the brown bear in the Pyrenees (France)

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Arthur Le Comte Du Colombier; [2019]
    Keywords : perception; brown bear; Pyrenees; historical background; psychological ownership; identification practice; Disneyfication; social representation; human-wildlife conflict;

    Abstract : Human-wildlife conflict represents a recurring challenge in the history of humankind. Since the 1970s and the environmental awakening of consciousnesses, the problem took a new dimension through competitions between people with different views about nature and wildlife. READ MORE

  6. 15. The Day the Endowment Effect Went Missing

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kognitionsvetenskap

    Author : Anton Wrisberg; [2019]
    Keywords : endowment effect; cognition; seller buyer disparity; price; information; increased information paradigm; uncertain utilities; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The endowment effect, that people tend to value goods higher if owning them than if not, conflicts central economic principles. A new theory explains this price disparity by uncertain sellers’ and buyers’ strategic reliance on opposite borders of a spectrum of possible utilities of a good. READ MORE