Specificity and the Cognitive Hierarchy: Value Orientations and the Acceptability of Urban Wildlife Management Actions

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Residents’ support for wolf and bear conservation: the moderating influence of knowledge (2012, background): “…of beliefs influencing affect (feelings), which in turn influences the behaviours (i.e., normative evaluations), is supported by theory (e.g., see Vaske 2008 for a review) and substantiated by considerable empirical research (Whittaker et al. 2006; Bruskotter et al. 2009; Glikman et al. 2010).”
Crowding as a Descriptive Indicator and an Evaluative Standard: Results from 30 Years of Research (2008, background): “Whittaker, Vaske, and Manfredo (2006), found that value orientations (i.e., a general concept) had more influence on acceptability of general urban wildlife management than specific measures.”
Toward a Mental Systems Approach to Human Relationships with Wildlife: The Role of Emotional Dispositions (2012, background): “Research has revealed that these cognitive variables can explain approximately half of the variability in behavioral intentions or reported behaviors ( Bright, Manfredo, & Fulton, 2000 ; Sijtsma, Vaske, & Jacobs, 2012 ; Teel & Manfredo, 2010 ; Whittaker, Vaske, & Manfredo, 2006 ).”