| Alexander Maki, PhD Social Psychologist |
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Primary Research Interests
- How and when behaviors spread between individuals
- e.g., do energy conservation behaviors in the workplace spread between coworkers?
- Factors influencing the consistency of individuals' behaviors ("behavior spillover")
- e.g., do people who purchase energy efficient devices also conserve energy at home?
- The relationship between systems thinking and the spread and spillover of behavior
- e.g., do people who appreciate that others also need to save energy to mitigate climate change talk to others?;
do people who understand that saving water also saves energy perform both behaviors?
- Theoretical models of behavior maintenance
- e.g., when do people not only initiate a new behavior, but maintain that behavior over time?
- Use of meta-analysis to assess intervention research and inform policymakers about evidence-based interventions
- e.g., do energy conservation behaviors in the workplace spread between coworkers?
- Factors influencing the consistency of individuals' behaviors ("behavior spillover")
- e.g., do people who purchase energy efficient devices also conserve energy at home?
- The relationship between systems thinking and the spread and spillover of behavior
- e.g., do people who appreciate that others also need to save energy to mitigate climate change talk to others?;
do people who understand that saving water also saves energy perform both behaviors?
- Theoretical models of behavior maintenance
- e.g., when do people not only initiate a new behavior, but maintain that behavior over time?
- Use of meta-analysis to assess intervention research and inform policymakers about evidence-based interventions
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Peer-Reviewed Empirical Publications
Maki, A., McKinney, E., Vandenbergh, M. P., Cohen, M. A., & Gilligan, J. M. Employee energy benefits: What are they and what effect do they have on environmental behavior and employee morale? (accepted pending minor revisions). Energy Efficiency. Preprint
Moses, J. F., Dwyer, P. C., Fuglestad, P. T., Kim, J. S., Maki, A., Snyder, M., & Terveen, L. (2018). Encouraging online engagement: The role of interdependent self-construal and social motives in fostering online participation. Personality and Individual Differences, 133, 47-55. Link to published article Accepted version Request article
Maki, A., & Raimi, K. T. (2017). Environmental peer persuasion: How moral exporting and belief superiority relate to efforts to influence others. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 49, 18-29. Link to published article Accepted version Environmental Moral Exporting measure Personal blog post Request article
Maki, A., & Rothman, A. J. (2017). Understanding proenvironmental intentions and behaviors: The importance of considering both the behavior setting and type of behavior. Journal of Social Psychology, 157, 517-531. Link to published article Accepted version Open materials and data Personal blog post Request article
Maki, A., & Snyder, M. (2017). Investigating similarities and differences between volunteer behaviors: Development of a volunteer interest typology. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 46, 5-28. Link to published article Accepted version Volunteerism Interesting Typology (VIT) measure Associations Now blog post Personal blog post Request article
Maki, A., Vitriol, J., Dwyer, P. C., Kim, J. S., & Snyder, M. (2017). The Helping Orientations Inventory: Measuring propensities to provide autonomy and dependency help. European Journal of Social Psychology, 47, 677-693. Link to published article Accepted version Helping Orientations Inventory (HOI) measure Open materials and data Personal blog post Request article
Raimi, K. T., Stern, P. C., & Maki, A. (2017) The promise and limitations of using analogies to improve decision-relevant understanding of climate change. PLOS ONE. doi: 10.137/journal.pone.017 Open access article Open materials and data Personal Blog Post PLOS Blog PLOS Science Wednesday "Ask Me Anything"
Xu, X., Maki, A., Chen, C., Dong, B., & Day, J. A. (2017). Investigating willingness to save energy and communication about energy use in the American workplace with the attitude-behavior-context model. Energy Research & Social Science, 32, 13-22. Link to published article Accepted version Personal blog post Request article
Maki, A., Burns, R., Ha., L., & Rothman, A. J. (2016). Paying people to protect the environment: A meta-analysis of incentive interventions to promote proenvironmental behaviors. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 47, 242-255. Link to published article Accepted version Supplemental materials Personal blog post Request article
Maki, A.*, Dwyer, P. C.*, & Snyder, M. (2016). Time perspective and volunteerism: The importance of focusing on the future. Journal of Social Psychology, 156, 334-349. (* shared first author). Link to published article Accepted version Open materials Personal blog post Request article
Sheeran, P., Maki, A., Montanaro, E., Avishai-Yitshak, A., Bryan, A., Klein, W. M. P., Miles, E., & Rothman, A. J. (2016). The impact of changing attitudes, norms, and self-efficacy on health-related intentions and behavior: A meta-analysis. Health Psychology, 35, 1178-1188. Link to published article Accepted version Personal blog post Request article
Dwyer, P. C.*, Maki, A.*, & Rothman, A. J. (2015). Promoting energy conservation behavior in public settings: The influence of social norms and personal responsibility. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 41, 30-34. (* shared first author). Link to published article Accepted version Personal blog post Request article
Maki, A., Dwyer, P. C., & Snyder, M. (2015). Understanding national service: Perspectives from psychological theory and research on volunteerism and prosocial behavior. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 15, 253-281. Link to published article Personal blog post Request article
Moses, J. F., Dwyer, P. C., Fuglestad, P. T., Kim, J. S., Maki, A., Snyder, M., & Terveen, L. (2018). Encouraging online engagement: The role of interdependent self-construal and social motives in fostering online participation. Personality and Individual Differences, 133, 47-55. Link to published article Accepted version Request article
Maki, A., & Raimi, K. T. (2017). Environmental peer persuasion: How moral exporting and belief superiority relate to efforts to influence others. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 49, 18-29. Link to published article Accepted version Environmental Moral Exporting measure Personal blog post Request article
Maki, A., & Rothman, A. J. (2017). Understanding proenvironmental intentions and behaviors: The importance of considering both the behavior setting and type of behavior. Journal of Social Psychology, 157, 517-531. Link to published article Accepted version Open materials and data Personal blog post Request article
Maki, A., & Snyder, M. (2017). Investigating similarities and differences between volunteer behaviors: Development of a volunteer interest typology. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 46, 5-28. Link to published article Accepted version Volunteerism Interesting Typology (VIT) measure Associations Now blog post Personal blog post Request article
Maki, A., Vitriol, J., Dwyer, P. C., Kim, J. S., & Snyder, M. (2017). The Helping Orientations Inventory: Measuring propensities to provide autonomy and dependency help. European Journal of Social Psychology, 47, 677-693. Link to published article Accepted version Helping Orientations Inventory (HOI) measure Open materials and data Personal blog post Request article
Raimi, K. T., Stern, P. C., & Maki, A. (2017) The promise and limitations of using analogies to improve decision-relevant understanding of climate change. PLOS ONE. doi: 10.137/journal.pone.017 Open access article Open materials and data Personal Blog Post PLOS Blog PLOS Science Wednesday "Ask Me Anything"
Xu, X., Maki, A., Chen, C., Dong, B., & Day, J. A. (2017). Investigating willingness to save energy and communication about energy use in the American workplace with the attitude-behavior-context model. Energy Research & Social Science, 32, 13-22. Link to published article Accepted version Personal blog post Request article
Maki, A., Burns, R., Ha., L., & Rothman, A. J. (2016). Paying people to protect the environment: A meta-analysis of incentive interventions to promote proenvironmental behaviors. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 47, 242-255. Link to published article Accepted version Supplemental materials Personal blog post Request article
Maki, A.*, Dwyer, P. C.*, & Snyder, M. (2016). Time perspective and volunteerism: The importance of focusing on the future. Journal of Social Psychology, 156, 334-349. (* shared first author). Link to published article Accepted version Open materials Personal blog post Request article
Sheeran, P., Maki, A., Montanaro, E., Avishai-Yitshak, A., Bryan, A., Klein, W. M. P., Miles, E., & Rothman, A. J. (2016). The impact of changing attitudes, norms, and self-efficacy on health-related intentions and behavior: A meta-analysis. Health Psychology, 35, 1178-1188. Link to published article Accepted version Personal blog post Request article
Dwyer, P. C.*, Maki, A.*, & Rothman, A. J. (2015). Promoting energy conservation behavior in public settings: The influence of social norms and personal responsibility. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 41, 30-34. (* shared first author). Link to published article Accepted version Personal blog post Request article
Maki, A., Dwyer, P. C., & Snyder, M. (2015). Understanding national service: Perspectives from psychological theory and research on volunteerism and prosocial behavior. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 15, 253-281. Link to published article Personal blog post Request article
Peer-Reviewed Chapters
Maki, A., Cohen, M. A., & Vandenbergh, M. P. (in press). Using meta-analysis in the social sciences to improve environmental policy. Chapter to appear in W. Leal, J. Callewaert, & R. Marans (Eds.), Handbook of Sustainability and Social Science Research. New York City, NY: Springer Publishing. Chapter Personal blog post
Maki, A. (2017). Environmental Psychology. Chapter in E. Wohl (Ed.), Oxford Bibliographies in Environmental Science. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Maki, A. (2017). Environmental Psychology. Chapter in E. Wohl (Ed.), Oxford Bibliographies in Environmental Science. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Editor-Review Chapters
Maki, A., Carrico, A. R., & Vandenbergh, M. P. (in press). Doing the wrong things for the right reasons: How environmental fallacies affect environmental behavior. Chapter to appear in B. G. Southwell, E. A. Thorson, & L. Sheble (Eds.), Misinformation and Mass Audiences. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. Publisher link Amazon link Select book coverage: NiemanLab Public Understanding of Science Blog Vox
Snyder, M. & Maki, A. (2015). The psychology of volunteerism. In J. D. Wright (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Studies, Second Edition. Oxford, UK: Elsevier Science. Request article
Snyder, M. & Maki, A. (2015). The psychology of volunteerism. In J. D. Wright (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Studies, Second Edition. Oxford, UK: Elsevier Science. Request article
Manuscripts under Review
Maki, A., Dwyer, P. C., Gabrielsen, S., Snyder, M., & Gonzalez, R. Help giving after natural disasters: Responses to the 2010 earthquake in Chile. Revise and resubmit at the British Journal of Social Psychology.
Maki, A., & Vandenbergh, M. P. The social predictors and carbon costs of food waste. Revise and resubmit at Environment and Behavior.
Maki, A., Vandenbergh, M. P., & Wallston, K. A. Do political conservatives prefer private sector action to mitigate climate action? An experimental examination. Under review at Climatic Change. Vanderbilt University media coverage
Raimi, K. T., Maki, A., Dana, D. A., & Vandenbergh, M. P. The moral hazard of geoengineering as a response to climate change. Under review at Environmental Communication.
Maki, A., & Vandenbergh, M. P. The social predictors and carbon costs of food waste. Revise and resubmit at Environment and Behavior.
Maki, A., Vandenbergh, M. P., & Wallston, K. A. Do political conservatives prefer private sector action to mitigate climate action? An experimental examination. Under review at Climatic Change. Vanderbilt University media coverage
Raimi, K. T., Maki, A., Dana, D. A., & Vandenbergh, M. P. The moral hazard of geoengineering as a response to climate change. Under review at Environmental Communication.
Manuscripts in Preparation (* copies available upon request)
Corser, R. J., Maki, A., & Haws, K. L. The role of systems thinking in meat consumption: An experimental test.*
Maki, A. The spread of behavior: When and how do proenvironmental behaviors spread to other people and other behaviors?*
Maki, A., Carrico, A. R., Raimi, K. T., Truelove, H. B., Yueng, S., & Araujo, B. A meta-analysis of experimental research on environmental behavior spillover.*
Maki, A., Cohen, M. A., & Vandenbergh, M. P. Leveraging interpersonal efficacy to increase energy conservation.
Panos, M. E., Maki, A., & Rothman, A. J. The effects of social norms and default behaviors on the decision to eat.*
Stern, P. C., Raimi, K. T., & Maki, A. Helping nonscientists think about climate change.*
Maki, A. The spread of behavior: When and how do proenvironmental behaviors spread to other people and other behaviors?*
Maki, A., Carrico, A. R., Raimi, K. T., Truelove, H. B., Yueng, S., & Araujo, B. A meta-analysis of experimental research on environmental behavior spillover.*
Maki, A., Cohen, M. A., & Vandenbergh, M. P. Leveraging interpersonal efficacy to increase energy conservation.
Panos, M. E., Maki, A., & Rothman, A. J. The effects of social norms and default behaviors on the decision to eat.*
Stern, P. C., Raimi, K. T., & Maki, A. Helping nonscientists think about climate change.*
Media Publications and Technical Reports
I am quoted in the Society for Personality and Social Psychology's article The Op-Ed: Communicating science-based perspectives to the public.
Maki, A. (2017, November 28). How to persuade people that climate change is real. [The Washington Post’s Monkey Cage]. Retrieved from https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/11/28/how-to-persuade-people-that-climate-change-is-real/?utm_term=.13bfb2ce3e24
Maki, A. (2017, November 21). This Thanksgiving pass the stuffing—and don’t pass on the discussion of social issues. [Scientific American blog post]. Retrieved from https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/this-thanksgiving-pass-the-stuffing-mdash-and-dont-pass-on-the-discussion-of-social-issues/
Maki, A., Vandenbergh, M., Gilligan J., & Cohen, M. (2017, September 22). The Private Sector Respond to Climate Change. [Vanderbilt University blog post]. Retrieved from https://my.vanderbilt.edu/universityfundingprograms/2017/09/the-private-sector-response-to-climate-change/
Raimi, K. T., Stern, P. C., & Maki, A. (2017, March 22). Participated in PLOS Science Wednesday “Ask Me Anything”, discussing climate change, psychology, and our article “The promise and limitations of using analogies to improve decision-relevant understanding of climate change” published in PLOS ONE. Retrieved from https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/60udlh/plos_science_wednesday_were_kaitlin_raimi_paul/
Maki, A. (2014, March 10). Sustainability psychology comes to Austin. [Society for Personality and Social Psychology blog post]. Retrieved from http://www.spspblog.org/sustainable-psychology/
Maki, A., & Lauber, J. (2012). UMore Park: Culture and community action plan. The Sustainable Community at UMore Park: Aspirational Goals and Action Plan for Sustainability, Minneapolis, MN: UMore Development LLC.
Maki, A. (2017, November 28). How to persuade people that climate change is real. [The Washington Post’s Monkey Cage]. Retrieved from https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/11/28/how-to-persuade-people-that-climate-change-is-real/?utm_term=.13bfb2ce3e24
Maki, A. (2017, November 21). This Thanksgiving pass the stuffing—and don’t pass on the discussion of social issues. [Scientific American blog post]. Retrieved from https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/this-thanksgiving-pass-the-stuffing-mdash-and-dont-pass-on-the-discussion-of-social-issues/
Maki, A., Vandenbergh, M., Gilligan J., & Cohen, M. (2017, September 22). The Private Sector Respond to Climate Change. [Vanderbilt University blog post]. Retrieved from https://my.vanderbilt.edu/universityfundingprograms/2017/09/the-private-sector-response-to-climate-change/
Raimi, K. T., Stern, P. C., & Maki, A. (2017, March 22). Participated in PLOS Science Wednesday “Ask Me Anything”, discussing climate change, psychology, and our article “The promise and limitations of using analogies to improve decision-relevant understanding of climate change” published in PLOS ONE. Retrieved from https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/60udlh/plos_science_wednesday_were_kaitlin_raimi_paul/
Maki, A. (2014, March 10). Sustainability psychology comes to Austin. [Society for Personality and Social Psychology blog post]. Retrieved from http://www.spspblog.org/sustainable-psychology/
Maki, A., & Lauber, J. (2012). UMore Park: Culture and community action plan. The Sustainable Community at UMore Park: Aspirational Goals and Action Plan for Sustainability, Minneapolis, MN: UMore Development LLC.
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