Perspectives on Environment and Behavior Theory, Research, and Applications

The inception of this volume can be traced to a series of Environmental Psychology Colloquia presented at the University of California, Irvine, dur­ ing the spring of 1974. These colloquia were held in conjunction with Social Ecology 252, a graduate seminar on Man and the Environment. Although the e...

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Other Authors: Stokols, Daniel (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 1977, 1977
Edition:1st ed. 1977
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Section I. Introduction
  • 1. Origins and Directions of Environment—Behavioral Research
  • Section II. Ecological Psychology
  • 2. Behavioral Ecology
  • 3. From Church to Laboratory to National Park: A Program of Research on Excess and Insufficient Populations in Behavior Settings
  • Section III. Environmental Psychology
  • 4. Environmental Psychology: Origins and Development
  • 5. Behavioral and Physiological Effects of Uncontrollable Environmental Events
  • 6. Beyond the Effects of Crowding: Situational and Individual Differences
  • 7. Simulation Techniques in Environmental Psychology
  • Section IV. Applications of Behavioral Research to Environmental Design
  • 8. Action Research
  • 9. From Congruence to Antecedent Conditions: A Search for the Basis of Environmental Improvement
  • 10. Participation in the Design Process: A Cognitive Approach
  • 11. Preference and Everyday Nature: Method and Application
  • 12. Who Needs What When: Design of Pluralistic Learning Environments
  • 13. The Relevance of Crowding Experiments to Urban Studies
  • Section V. Directions of Research on Environment and Behavior
  • 14. Some Problems of Strategy in Environmental Psychology
  • 15. Research on Environment and Behavior: A Personal Statement of Strategy
  • 16. Methodological Developments in Environment—Behavioral Research
  • Author Index