Irregular stimulus distribution increases the negative footprint illusion
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21392117 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Patrik Sörqvist (0000-0002-7584-2275, Department of Building Engineering, Energy Systems and Sustainability Science University of Gävle Gävle Sweden, corresponding author), Iveta Volna (School of Psychology and Computer Science University of Central Lancashire Preston UK), Jiaying Zhao (0000-0002-6009-0568, Department of Psychology and Institute for Resources Environment and Sustainability University of British Columbia Vancouver Canada, corresponding author), John E Marsh (0000-0002-9494-1287, School of Psychology and Computer Science University of Central Lancashire Preston UK) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 530-535 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Scandinavian Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0036-5564 • E-ISSN: 1467-9450 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/sjop.12829 |
| PMID | 35607836 |
| OpenAlex | W4282916030 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 32 |
As a climate change mitigation strategy, environmentally certified ‘green’ buildings with low carbon footprints are becoming more prevalent in the world. An interesting psychological question is how people perceive the carbon footprint of these buildings given their spatial distributions in a given community. Here we examine whether regular distribution (i.e., buildings organized in a block) or irregular distribution (i.e., buildings randomly distributed) influences people's perception of the carbon footprint of the communities. We first replicated the negative footprint illusion, the tendency to estimate a lower carbon footprint of a combined group of environmentally certified green buildings and ordinary conventional buildings, than the carbon footprint of the conventional buildings alone. Importantly, we found that irregular distribution of the buildings increased the magnitude of the negative footprint illusion. Potential applied implications for urban planning of green buildings are discussed
Carbon Footprint · Cognitive psychology · Distribution (mathematics) · Footprint · Geography · Greenhouse gas · Illusion · Perception · Color perception and design · Ecology · Environmental Education and Sustainability · Environmental Science · Mathematics · Multisensory perception and integration · Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |