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toyoday@fc.ritsumei.ac.jp Individual thinking & Group discussion


• You are highly aware of the potential for disasters and wish to
encourage a friend who has not made any preparations for disaster
management.
• How can you enhance his/her motivation to prepare?
• Please think and discuss what (mental aspects) should be
Sustainable Urban Policy I changed/increased, etc. and how to change/increase it.

• Individual thinking: 3min


• Group discussion: 10min
àPlease itemize each important mental aspects and intervention to change/increase.
• Brief explanation: 1min
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Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM)


• People treat information more elaborately that is
relevant to themselves, leading to elaborate the
information and change their attitudes. On the other
hand, if the information is not related, they refrain
from the above.

àFear appeal communication


àNormalcy bias
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Theory of planned behavior (TpB) (Ajzen,
Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA)
1991)
• Prediction behaviors based on individual attitude toward the Characteristics: This theory
behavior and evaluation from others (around them) on pays attention to “Intention”
behaviors to be taken. that appears before behavior.
Plus, it incorporate resources
needed for the behavior .
àChallenges to explain behaviors that are taken based on
self-sacrifice and behaviors against disasters in which the
benefit is not sure while the cost is obvious. Disadvantage: It can be
applied only to the process in
which intention and behavior
correspond.

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Risk as Feeling Model (Loewenstein, et al. 2001) Person-Relative-to-Event (PrE) Theory


(Mulilis, et al. 1990)
Subjective emotion and expectation to results affect attitude.
• Level of appraised threat relative to person
• Self-efficacy
• Personal responsibility

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Group discussion Nudge
Objective: Applying theories/models to fields =prod (someone) gently with one's elbow in order to attract attention
(Oxford Languages)

Please apply relevant theories to each of your itemized


psychological aspects. Clearly specify which theory or part of a =refers to a choice architecture (i.e., how decisions are
theory was incorporated into each item. presented and framed) that alters individualsʼ behaviors
indirectly toward a desired direction without punishment or
economic incentives (Thaler& Sunstein, 2008).
• 10min: Discussion
àfrom Behavioral Economics
• 1min: Explanation

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Some other examples


• Placement of Products in Stores: How products are placed
in a departmental store affects the purchasing behavior of
customers.
• The Default Option: Another kind of nudge is the default
option, which is the option that a user automatically receives
when they do nothing.
• Social Proof Heuristic: We look at the behavior of other
people to guide our behavior, and this is the basis of another
technique of nudging..
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Issues on Nudge Challenges to promote behavior

• Will it really increase the welfare of people? • How about long-term effects? (Unagami, et al. 2012)
How can we sustain the intention?
• Will it really respect dignity of people?
• Will it harm autonomy of people? • Need to focus intention?
Intention is needed? Without intention, how we behave for
• Will it secure self government? disaster preparedness?

• How to increase (intervene)?


Nagamatsu (2020) Policy Science needs policy recommendations. How
Psychological findings lead to the recommendations?

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References
• Ajzen, I. (1991). ʻThe theory of planned behaviorʼ “Organizational Behavior and Human Decision
Processes” 50(2), pp.179-211.
• Mulilis J-P., & Lippa R.A. (1990). Behavioral change in earthquake preparedness due to negative
threat appeals: a test of protection motivation theory. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 20,
619‒638.
• Loewenstein, G., Weber, E., U., Hsee, C. K., & Welch, N. (2001). Risk as feelings. Psychological
Bulletin, 127, 267-286.
• Nagamatsu Shingo (2020) 4 Policy Paradigms on Emergency Evacuation in Disaster, Journal of
Disaster Information Studies, 18(2), 159-164. (in Japanese)
• Thaler, R. H., & Sunstein, C. R. (2008). Nudge: Improving decisions about health, wealth, and
happiness. New Haven & London: Yale University Press.
• Unagami, T., Kouda, S., Okamura, S. and Horita, T. (2012). Overview of Intention-Action Gap in
Disaster Prevention Behavior. Bulletin of Aichi Institute of Technology, 47, 59-67. (in Japanese)

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