Work Environmental Protection Task (WEPT)

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Available Test Variations

Work For Environmental Protection Task - WEPT
The Work For Environmental Protection Task is a cognitive effort task to study online societally relevant behaviors.
Duration: 10 minutes
(Requires Inquisit Lab)
(Run with Inquisit Web)
Last Updated
English
Nov 29, 2025, 11:19PM

References

Google ScholarSearch Google Scholar for peer-reviewed, published research using the Inquisit Work Environmental Protection Task (WEPT).

Lange, F., Steinke, A., & Dewitte, S. (2018). The Pro-Environmental Behavior Task: A laboratory measure of actual pro-environmental behavior. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 56, 46–54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2018.02.007

Nielsen, K. S., Clayton, S., Stern, P. C., Dietz, T., Capstick, S., & Whitmarsh, L. (2021). How Psychology Can Help Limit Climate Change. The American Psychologist, 76(1), 130–144. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000624

Lange, F., & Dewitte, S. (2022). The Work for Environmental Protection Task: A consequential web-based procedure for studying pro-environmental behavior. Behavior Research Methods, 54(1), 133–145. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-021-01617-2

Lange, F., & Dewitte, S. (2023). Validity and scope sensitivity of the work for Environmental Protection Task. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 86, 101967-. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.101967