Social Traps: 28 January 2007

Today's lecture was on social traps, the "Tragedy of the Commons", and common attitudes towards environmental problems. For your quiz you should know the different types of social traps and be able to come up with an example of each. You should also know different strategies for avoiding social traps, along with their pros and cons. Additionally you should be familiar with the fours common attitudes towards environmental problems, and the attitude that should replace them.