Cooperative phenotype predicts climate change belief and pro-environmental behaviour

Abstract Understanding the psychological causes of variation in climate change belief and pro-environmental behaviour remains an urgent challenge for the social sciences. The “cooperative phenotype” is a stable psychological preference for cooperating in social dilemmas that involve a tension betwee...

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Main Authors: Scott Claessens, Daniel Kelly, Chris G. Sibley, Ananish Chaudhuri, Quentin D. Atkinson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-16937-2