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Area of Science:

  • Environmental Psychology
  • Cognitive Science
  • Behavioral Science

Background:

  • Environmental knowledge is a known, yet difficult to quantify, precursor to pro-environmental actions.
  • Existing research faces methodological challenges in measuring environmental knowledge and its impact.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a comprehensive measure of environmental knowledge.
  • To investigate the factor structure of environmental knowledge and its relationship with general knowledge.
  • To determine the explanatory power of environmental knowledge for pro-environmental behavior.

Main Methods:

  • A multivariate study with 214 participants utilized latent data modeling.
  • A new, objective test assessed environmental knowledge across diverse current topics.
  • An established general knowledge test measured crystallized intelligence.

Main Results:

  • A general factor of environmental knowledge was identified.
  • Environmental knowledge showed a near-perfect correlation with general knowledge (crystallized intelligence).
  • General knowledge accounted for 7% of the variance in environmentally significant behavior; age and education predicted both knowledge and behavior.

Conclusions:

  • Environmental knowledge is largely a facet of general cognitive ability.
  • The strong link between general and environmental knowledge may explain age-related increases in environmental conservation.
  • Future research should consider general cognitive ability when assessing environmental knowledge and behavior.