Division 34 Schedule at a Glance

All sessions are held in McCormick Place Convention Center, unless otherwise noted

Thursday

10-10:50 am Untold Complexities of Human Trafficking: Climate Change, Asylum Seekers, and Intercountry Adoption ** Collaborative Program**

Room W183b

1-1:50 pm Poster Session for Division 34 Convention Hall F

2-2:50 pm Symposium 1: Devoting Energy to Saving Energy: Research from the Field

Room S103a

3-3:50 pm Symposium 2: Exploring Relations Between Health, Nature Contact, and Connectedness in Parks, Forests and the Mind

Room 474a

5-5:50 pm Social Justice Rush Hour Marriott Marquis: Shedd Rooms A & B

Friday

9-10:50 am Symposium 3: New Perspectives on the Social and Psychological Development of Chinese Only Children **Featured Session**

Room W194a

11-11:50 am Symposium 4: Social Identity and the Environment: Interactions Between Social and Environmental Issues **Featured Session**

Room W186a

12-12:50 pm Symposium 5: Opportunities for Change: Re-thinking Environmental Behavior Choices

Room W186a

4-4:50 pm Career Awards Room W471b

5-5:50 pm Presidential Address Room W471b

6-8 pm Happy Hour w/ Divisions 8 & 9 Hyatt Regency Ballroom D

Saturday

8-8:50 am Conversation Hour: Improving the State of our Field: Concrete Steps Towards a More Robust Applied Psychological Science

Room W474a

9-9:50 am Symposium 6: Shifting Gears: Encouraging Drivers to Reduce Their Carbon Footprints

Room W186b

11-11:50 am Symposium 7: Climate Change in the Field: Examining Real-World Applications of Environmental Psychology

Room W186b

12-12:50 pm Symposium 8: New York City after 9/11 **Featured Session**

Room W175b

2-3:30 pm Chicago Eco House Tour & Discussion **Sign-up Requested**

Transportation Provided

4-4:50 pm Symposium 9: Environmental Attitudes: Addressing Alternative Viewpoints **Featured Session**

Room W176c

Sunday

9-9:50 am Executive Committee Meeting Marriott Marquis: Analysis Room

10-10:50 am Division 34 Business Meeting Marriott Marquis: Analysis Room

Richard Wener Professor of Environmental

Psychology, New York University

Reuven Sussman Senior Research Manager,

Human Dimensions Program, ACEEE

Karine Lacroix PhD Student in

Enivornmental Studies, University of Victoria

Grace Flores-Robles Undergraduate Research Assistant, University of

Texas at El Paso

Division 34 Programming Details:

Symposia:

Symposium 1: Devoting Energy to Saving Energy: Research from the Field

Thursday August 8, 2019, 2:00-2:50 pm, Room S103a

Description: This symposium includes three talks on recent research that leverages psychological theory and methods to improve energy efficiency programs. These studies were all conducted with and for actual energy utilities and present case studies on how psychological research can be implemented in the real world to support pressing environmental issues.

Talks: Is a smart home by any other name just as smart? Findings from an online framing experiment

Beth Karlin, Ph.D.; See Change Institute (Chair)

Leveraging Psychological Science to Improve Energy Tips

Hale Forster, M.A.; Columbia University

After the Audit: Improving Residential Energy Efficiency Assessment Reports Reuven Sussman, Ph.D.; American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy

Symposium 2: Exploring Relations between Health, Nature Contact, and Connectedness in Parks,

Forests and the Mind

Thursday, August 8, 2019, 3:00-3:50 pm, Room 474a

Description: Presenters will share emerging research on the complex relationship between nature, health, recreation and socio-economic status, drawing upon a variety of data types - observational, physiological, and self-report. As opportunities for nature exposure are increasingly limited, exploring who, when and how nature exposure and connection influence physical activity and other health measurements is critically important.

Talks: Physical Activity in Urban Parks Varies by Zone and Visitor Type

Patricia Winter, Ph.D.; United States Forest Service (Chair)

Are nature lovers happier and healthier? Examining relations among nature connectedness, positive affect, and perceived general health

Samantha Gailey, B.A.; University of California, Irvine

Forest feelings: How walks in forests influence emotion, health and pro-social outcomes Nora Davis, Ph.D.; United States Forest Service

Symposium 3: New Perspectives on the Social and Psychological Development of Chinese Only

Children

Friday, August 9, 2019, 9:00-10:50 am, Room W194a

Description: Like many industrialized nations, China has experienced a sharp reduction in its fertility, resulting in many children growing up without siblings. This symposium addresses the social and psychological challenges Chinese only children face as they strive to retain traditional values and strengths, while adapting to vast socioeconomic changes. We will review previous studies of Chinese only children, comparing them to their peers with siblings and we consider recent advances in understanding the complex interplay of Chinese culture, gender, and urban-rural context.

Talks: Sex, Birth Order, and Creativity in the Context of China’s One-Child Policy and Son

Preference Jiajun Guo, Ph.D.; East China Normal University Grandparents’ Involvement and Educational Expenses in One-child Families in Urban China Xiaotao Wang, Ph.D.; Nanjing Normal University Chinese Parents’ Critical Comparisons and Children’s Social Comparison Behaviors in Middle School Yiwen Yang, B.S.; The University of Texas at Austin

Perfectionism and Chinese Only Children: A Self-determination Perspective

Shengjie Lin, M.A.; The University of Texas at Austin

Toni Falbo, Ph.D.; The University of Texas at Austin (Discussant)

Symposium 4: Social Identity and the Environment: Interactions between Social and

Environmental Issues

Friday, August 9, 2019, 11:00-11:50 am, Room W186a

Description: Three individual talks related to environmental and social identity, including the links between men's body image and attitudes toward to the environment, gender differences in responses to consumption feedback, and how systems of gender, race, culture and class influence our thinking on population, privilege, and identity.

Talks: When Brawny Is Beastly: How Pursuit of the Male Physical Ideal Imperils the Planet

Daniel L Benkendorf, Ph.D.; Fashion Institute of Technology Gender differences in pro-environmental behavior following carbon footprint feedback

Nicole Sintov, Ph.D.; The Ohio State University Ian Adams, M.S.; The Ohio State University Sophie Manaster; The Ohio State University

Differentiating Privilege and Racism Kelly Donahoe, Ph.D.; Northern Arizona University

Symposium 5: Opportunities for Change: Re-thinking Environmental Behavior Choices

Friday, August 9, 2019, 12:00-12:50 pm, Room W186a

Description: Three individual talks present various approaches to sustainable and pro-environmental behavior choices, including food waste and the benefits of alternative seafood consumption, environmental and policy changes to nutrition education programs for elementary school children in Greater Jakarta, Indonesia, and the past, present and future roles of universities related to sustainability and regenerative work.

Talks: Wasted: Challenges and opportunities for food waste reduction in seafood consumption Stacia Dreyer, Ph.D., Arizona State University Roni Neff, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University Tetyana Pecherska, B.S., B.A., Tufts University Erin Biehl, M.S., Johns Hopkins University Obesogenic environment: How is it related to children physical activities and food choice? Risatianti Kolopaking, Ph.D., Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidyatatullah Jakarta Umi Fahmida, Ph.D., Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Regional Center for Food and Nutrition Higher Education for the Long Haul: Achieving University Sustainability Using Psychological Tools Elise L Amel, Ph.D., University of St. Thomas Christie M Manning, Ph.D., Macalester College

Symposium 6: Shifting Gears: Encouraging Drivers to Reduce Their Carbon Footprints

Saturday, August 10, 2019, 9:00-9:50 am, Room W186b

Description: The transportation sector accounts for a high proportion of overall carbon emissions. Therefore, a solution to climate change cannot be effective without tackling this sector. This symposium brings together a diverse group of researchers, each examining methods of changing commuter behavior to become more environmentally friendly. This mix of lab and field-based research will help inform policymakers, businesses and other organizations on how they may reduce the carbon footprint associated with driving personal vehicles.

Talks: Is consumer valuation of fuel economy influenced by the metric used? A randomized experiment Reuven Sussman, Ph.D., American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (Chair) Employer-Provided Mobility Benefits and Energy-Efficient Transportation Behavior Andrew Duvall, Ph.D., National Renewable Energy Laboratory Steering away from single occupancy vehicles: A social norms intervention Vanessa Houghton

Symposium 7: Climate Change in the Field: Examining Real-World Applications of Environmental

Psychology

Saturday, August 10, 2019, 11:00-11:50 am, Room W186b

Description: This session includes three individual talks about responses to current impacts posed by climate change. Research will integrate the importance of focusing on agency and resilience and strategies to overcome barriers, how emergency managers experience information overload in an environment of digital technology and uncertainty, and the experiences of communities in Chile that utilize emerging media to develop conversations about risk and resilience.

Talks: Hope-based interventions and climate change engagement Nathaniel Geiger, Ph.D., Indiana University Karen Gasper, Ph.D., Penn State University Janet K. Swim, Ph.D., Penn State University John Fraser, Ph.D., New Knowledge Organization Information Overload, Stress, and Emergency Management Thinking Shalini Misra, Ph.D., Virginia Tech University Matthew Rhodes, M.A., Virginia Tech University Patrick Roberts, Ph.D., Virginia Tech University Emerging Media to Map Territories and Lives at Risk: Chilean Communities Speaking about Disasters Gonzalo Bacigalupe, Ed.D., M.P.H., University of Massachusetts-Boston

Symposium 8: New York City After 9/11

Saturday, August 10, 2019, 12:00-12:50 pm, Room W175b

Description: This session presents papers that describe complex psychological and environmental

issues emerging in the aftermath of the September 11th, 2001 attacks on the World Trade

Towers in New York City. These issues concern: 1) commemorating loss to foster healing;

2) controversies over siting an Islamic cultural center near Ground Zero; 3) addressing a

health crisis that emerged from the collapse of the World Trade Towers in Lower

Manhattan; and 4) the challenges of designing a museum to represent the site’s fraught

human and structural history. Together, these empirical papers examine key aspects of

urban challenges, conflicts, and change after a disaster; the psychological interdependence

between people and the natural and built environment; and post-disaster recovery at the

level of the polity, the community, and the individual. The panel will conclude with

comments from our discussant, conservation psychologist, researcher, and architect John

Fraser.

Talks: Who remembers? Memorial spaces and historical agency in Hiroshima and New York City Brian R. Davis, M.A., City University of New York Hirofumi Minami, Ph.D., Kyushu University Why There? Urban Environmental Conflict and the Park51 Islamic Community Center Patrick Sweeney, M.A., City University of New York Who is Accountable? Health Advocacy after 9/11 in Response to an Environmental Disaster Cristina Onea, M.A., City University of New York How to Represent a Painful Past? Memory, Site, and Object at the September 11 Memorial Museum Susan Opotow, Ph.D., City University of New York Karyna Pryiomka, M. Phil., City University of New York John Fraser, Ph.D., NewKnowledge, Division 34 President (Discussant)

Symposium 9: Environmental Attitudes: Addressing Alternative Viewpoints Saturday, August 10, 2019, 4:00-4:50 pm, Room W176c

Description: This session includes three individual talks that examine various attitudes about environmental issues and climate change. The first explores the complex relationship between attitudes toward anthropogenic climate change among college students with agricultural backgrounds and decision-making around agricultural practices impacted by climate change, with the goal of providing psychological insights relevant to future climate change education design. The second talk addresses a broad theoretical conceptualization of people’s motivation to maintain social and cognitive consistency, with a focus on climate change skeptics, testing an intervention to shift their cognitions toward believing in climate change. The third presentation examines three factors that may shape support for different types of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) strategies: (1) perceptions that CDR tampers with nature; (2) individual-level variation in the degree to which people are uncomfortable with activities that tamper with nature; and (3) information about the risks and benefits associated with each CDR strategy.

Talks: Cross-Currents: Climate Change Conceptualization in College Students from Agricultural Backgrounds

Ross Toedte, M.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Leveraging Cognitive Consistency to Nudge Conservative Climate Change Beliefs Carly D. Robinson, M.Ed., Harvard University, Christine C. Vriesema, Ph.D., University of California-Santa Barbara Hunter Gehlbach, Ph.D., University of California-Santa Barbara Support for Carbon Dioxide Removal: The role of tampering with nature perceptions Kimberly S. Wolske, Ph.D., University of Chicago, Kaitlin T. Raimi, Ph.D., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Victoria Campbell-Arvai, Ph.D., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor P. Sol Hart, Ph.D., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Other Programming:

Collaborative Program: Untold Complexities of Human Trafficking: Climate Change, Asylum Seekers, and Intercountry Adoption

Thursday, August 8, 2019, 10:00-10:50 am, Room W183b

Description: Collaborative session proposed by Divisions 52, 17, 34, 35, 41, & 56. This symposium will provide an overview of human trafficking, addressing the prevalence in multiple countries, indicating the global nature of the problem and consequences, and then present on the intersection of climate change and human trafficking and its impact. Research will be presented on work with asylum seekers and asylum evaluations with survivors of human trafficking and the intersection of inter-country adoption and human trafficking.

Talks: Nancy M. Sidun, Psy.D., Co-Chair of APA’s Task Force on Human Trafficking (Chair) Yvette G. Flores, Ph.D., University of California, Davis Judith L. Gibbons, Ph.D., Saint Louis University Jill B. Bloom, Ph.D., Center for Multicultural and Global Mental Health at William James College (Discussant)

Conversation Hour: Improving the State of our Field: Concrete Steps Towards a More Robust Applied Psychological Science

Saturday, August 10, 2019, 8:00-8:50 am, Room W474a

Description: This hybrid skills-building and discussion session will invite participants to engage productively with pressing issues regarding "best practices" for improving the robustness and impact of psychological science in applied settings.

Chair: Ezra Markowitz, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts-Amherst Division 34 Poster Hour Thursday, August 8, 2019, 1:00-1:50 pm, Convention Hall F

Physiological and Affective Responses to Virtual Environments: A Pilot Study

Emily Scott, Kaedyn Crabtree, Rachel Hopman, Ty McKinney, Bert Uchino, & David Strayer

University of Utah

Using Autobiographical Memory to Explore the Impacts of a Profound Experience with Nature

Becky N. Mathers

Antioch University-New England

Pit Bulls and Prejudice

Adam Duberstein, Amy Johnson, & Betz King

Michigan School of Psychology

Vulnerability after 2015 Earthquake and Tsunami in the Coquimbo Region (Chile)

Salas B. Sonia, Araya P Angelo, & Cortes Ximena

Universidad de La Serena

An Applied Social-Ecological Study to Inform Urban Tree Planting Programs Nora C. Davis & Patricia L. Winter

U.S. Forest Service