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The phenomenon of online gambling is becoming more common, this due to its accessibility anytime and everywhere. The online environment is rich of appetitive or sexual stimuli. Previous research until this point has found ample evidence for the fact that appetitive or sexual stimuli could trigger individuals to make more impulsive choices. Although more recently one meta-analysis and replication study revealed counterevidence against this effect. This study examines the effect of sexual laden stimuli, in form of pictures of women in lingerie or men in underwear or suit, on risk taking in online gambling games. The General Reward Theory and BAS-scale for impulsivity were used as conceptual framework. 268 male and female participants were assigned to either the control condition or the appetitive cue condition based on their sexual preference. Contrary to what was expected results suggested that people after being exposed to sexual stimuli did not play online gambling games more impulsively. The data also did not offer any evidence for a sensitive reward system, as measured by the BAS-scale, to be a moderator of the effect.

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In the present market, palm oil seems indispensable from daily products such as food, cosmetics, biodiesel and energy. Because of its favourable physical and chemical qualities, low production cost and especially high yield per hectare, palm oil is become by far the most consumed and cultivated oil crop in the world. Nevertheless, palm oil production is linked to several environmental issues. A robust decrease in palm oil consumption is essential to prevent further environmental damage. The aim of this study is to examine the effect of knowledge on pro-environmental consumption behaviour (PECB) in the case of palm oil consumption. We distinguished between two different knowledge types, being consequence knowledge and action knowledge. To manipulate the knowledge levels, a knowledge-based intervention was executed. In this study we used a knowledge-based intervention consisting of four informational-posters which differ in the nature of information. The data have been collected with an online survey filled in by 138 participants. The findings show that consequence knowledge is proved to increase self-reported willingness to engage in PECB, where no evidence was found for action knowledge and interaction of the knowledge types.

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In the present market, palm oil seems indispensable from daily products such as food, cosmetics, biodiesel and energy. Because of its favourable physical and chemical qualities, low production cost and especially high yield per hectare, palm oil is become by far the most consumed and cultivated oil crop in the world. Nevertheless, palm oil production is linked to several environmental issues. A robust decrease in palm oil consumption is essential to prevent further environmental damage. The aim of this study is to examine the effect of knowledge on pro-environmental consumption behaviour (PECB) in the case of palm oil consumption. We distinguished between two different knowledge types, being consequence knowledge and action knowledge. To manipulate the knowledge levels, a knowledge-based intervention was executed. In this study we used a knowledge-based intervention consisting of four informational-posters which differ in the nature of information. The data have been collected with an online survey filled in by 138 participants. The findings show that consequence knowledge is proved to increase self-reported willingness to engage in PECB, where no evidence was found for action knowledge and interaction of the knowledge types.

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Het doel van deze thesis was het onderzoeken van de relatie tussen crowding en de klantentevredenheid, samen met het medierende effect van de emoties ‘happiness’ en ‘stress’ en het modererend effect van het gepercipieerd aantal werknemers op de werkvloer door de klant. De nodige data werden verzameld door het afnemen van vragenlijsten aan de Lidl winkel te Sint-Truiden. Met behulp van de data-analyse, kan er geconcludeerd worden dat crowding noch een significant effect heeft op de klantentevredenheid, noch op de emotie ‘happiness’. Wel werd er besloten dat crowding een negatief effect heeft op de emotie ‘stress’. Verder hebben zowel de emotie ‘stress’ als de emotie ‘happiness’ geen significant mediërend effect op de relatie tussen crowding en de klantentevredenheid. Echter, indien in de analyse de emotie ‘joy’ wordt gebruikt in plaats van de emotie ‘happiness’, wordt er wel een negatief mediërend effect van de emotie ‘stress’ op de relatie gevonden. Tot slot werden er geen significante modererende effecten gevonden, noch van het gepercipieerd aantal werknemers op de werkvloer, noch van het objectief aantal werknemers aanwezig.