Abstract
The purpose of this study was to clarify the influence of courteous interaction with familiar objects on pro-environmental behavior and well-being. We explored the process of interaction with everyday objects, such as pens and glasses in a preliminary study (N = 64), and to reveal two aspects that define these interactions, namely active care for objects and awareness of learning from the interaction (N = 687; Study 1). The more people cared for and learned through their interactions with a particular object, the more they perceived a connectedness to it (N = 195; Study 2). Furthermore, caring for and learning with familiar objects promoted various environmentally conscious behaviors and contributed to individual well-being (Study 3; N = 600). In this way, we discussed the relationship between interaction with everyday objects, the aspects of these interactions, and the influence of these interactions on an individual’s perspective toward the wider environment.
Highlights
The results showed that age had a positive association with care, learn, the general pro-environmental behavior (PEB) and well-being, and at the same time, women had a higher level of the general PEB and well-being
This study showed that courteous interaction with things had a positive effect on PEB
The effect of learn was seen in all PEBs
Summary
The founder of the robot contest, argued that reverence for nature is the foundation of robot development, without which neither education nor coexistence with nature would be possible [1] He reported that students wrote in their testimonials after the robot contest that they felt they could never do things poorly or in a rough manner, and that they had become more considerate of other people and things [2]. People use various tools to perform their jobs and most of them use these objects for the purpose of mastering them to effectively accomplish their goals Interacting with these objects and tools in a courteous manner could have the potential to develop the user’s connectedness to them and lead the user to become more environmentally conscious and friendly, as observed in the students who participated in the robot contests
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