In an Effort to Encourage Students to Reduce the Amount

question 84

Multiple Choice

In an effort to encourage students to reduce the amount of water being used at the university gym, administrators put up a sign asking students to take shorter showers. However, water consumption did not decrease sufficiently, and some students even retaliated by taking long showers. Why did the sign fail to reduce water usage?

• A) Students did not see the sign.
• B) Students did not read the sign.
• C) The sign did not involve psychological processes that successfully change behavior.
• D) The sign did not create the feeling of a social dilemma.

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