Dr. Jessica Nolan has studied the effects of normative social influence on various environmental behaviors, including energy conservation and household recycling. Dr. Nolan is also interested in informal systems of social control, including how and when people are willing to impose social sanctions, as well as how government regulations (formal sanctioning systems) influence informal systems of social control and the general culture surrounding a given environmental behavior.
Dr. Nolan’s lab is currently working with Shorna Allred, of Cornell University, to validate a short-form version of Alisat & Riemer’s (2015) environmental action scale (SEAS). The lab is collecting data for a third study confirming the predictive validity of the SEAS using a behavioral DV.
Publications
Nolan, J. M., (in press). Social norm interventions as a tool for pro-climate change. Current Opinion in Psychology: Special Issue on Psychology of Climate Change.
Nolan, J. M., & Tobia, S.* (2019). Public support for global warming policies: Solution framing matters. Climatic Change, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-019-02438-1
Schultz, P.W., Nolan, J. M., Cialdini, R., Goldstein, N., & Griskevicius, V. (2018). The Constructive, Destructive, and Reconstructive Power of Social Norms—Reprise. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 13(2), 249-254
Nolan, J. M. (2017). Environmental Policies Can Buttress Conservation Norms. Society & Natural Resources, 30(2), 228-244.
Nolan, J. M. (2014). Using Jackson’s Return Potential Model to explore the normativeness of recycling. Environment & Behavior, 47(8), 835-855. DOI: 10.1177/0013916514523778
Nolan, J. M. (2013). Creating a Culture of Conservation: Willingness to Confront Environmental Transgressors. Ecopsychology 5(1), 3-8.
Bruni, C. M., Chance, R. C., Schultz, P. W., & Nolan, J. M. (2012). Natural Connections: Bees Sting and Snakes Bite, but They are Still Nature. Environment and Behavior, 44, 200-218.
Nolan, J. M., Kenefick, J.*, & Schultz, P. W. (2011). Normative Messages Promoting Energy Conservation will be Underestimated by Experts…Unless you Show them the Data. Social Influence, 6, 169-180.
Nolan, J. M. (2011). The cognitive ripple of social norms communications. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations: Special Issue on Social Influence in Action, 14, 689-702.
Nolan, J. M. (2010). An Inconvenient Truth increases knowledge, concern, and willingness to reduce greenhouse gases. Environment and Behavior. 42, 643-658.
Nolan, J. M., Schultz, P. W. & Knowles, E. S. (2009). Using public service announcements to change behavior: No more money and oil down the drain. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 39, 1035-1056.
Nolan, J. M., Schultz, P. W., Cialdini, R. B., Goldstein, N. J., & Griskevicius, V. (2008). Normative social influence is underdetected. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34, 913-923.
Schultz, P. W., Nolan, J. M., Cialdini, R. B., Goldstein, N. J., & Griskevicius, V. (2007). The constructive, destructive, and reconstructive power of social norms. Psychological Science, 18, 429-433.
Knowles, E. S., Nolan, J. M., & Riner, D. D (2006). Resistance to persuasion. In R. Baumeister & K. Vohs (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
