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Which term describes the phenomenon where each new generation accepts the environmental conditions they were raised in as being normal?

  • Environmental degradation
  • Consequential implications
  • Self-reinforcing feedback loops
  • Shifting baseline syndrome (correct)

Shifting baseline syndrome is recognized as one of the fundamental obstacles to addressing what?

  • Global environmental issues (correct)
  • Consequential implications
  • Psychological and sociological phenomena
  • Self-reinforcing feedback loops

What is the proposed conceptual framework for understanding shifting baseline syndrome?

  • Self-reinforcing feedback loops
  • Environmental degradation
  • Consequential implications
  • Nature and extent of SBS (correct)

Which term refers to the psychological and sociological phenomenon of accepting lowered thresholds for environmental conditions?

<p>Shifting baseline syndrome (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used to describe the ongoing environmental degradation at local, regional, and global scales?

<p>Environmental degradation (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the causes of shifting baseline syndrome?

<p>The absence of past information or experience with historical conditions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the consequences of shifting baseline syndrome?

<p>Lowered accepted thresholds for environmental conditions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the implications of shifting baseline syndrome?

<p>Obstacles to addressing global environmental issues.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do the authors propose in order to understand shifting baseline syndrome?

<p>A conceptual framework.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is shifting baseline syndrome?

<p>The psychological and sociological phenomenon of accepting lowered thresholds for environmental conditions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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