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Environment and the social sciences : perspectives and applications / edited by Joachim F. Wohlwill and Daniel H. Carson.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human beings--Effect of environment on.
- Human beings.
- Social psychology.
- Environmental engineering.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xx, 300 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, District of Columbia : American Psychological Association, 1972.
- Summary:
- The present volume grew out of a realization on the part of the American Psychological Association as well as the editors that psychology had a substantial contribution to make to a better understanding of our present-day environmental problems and to a more effective approach in dealing with them. This book presents papers on environmental concerns, effects, and man-environment interactions. The chapters have been divided into three parts: studies of general environmental conditions; studies of special environmental settings (institutional, residential, and recreational settings); and studies of environmental decision making (including environmental attitudes and attitude formation). The chapters in this volume represent not only investigations by psychologists, but also investigations and explorations by professionals from architecture, ecology, ethology, geography, natural resource management, planning, psychiatry, and sociology.
- Contents:
- Pt. 1. General environmental conditions. Crowding and animal behavior / Halsey M. Marsden
- A biosocial perspective on crowding / Aristide Henri Esser
- Freedom of choice and behavior in a physical setting / Harold M. Proshansky, William H. Ittelson, and Leanne G. Rivlin
- Crowding and human behavior / Steven Zlutnick and Irwin Altman
- Pain thresholds for smog components / Margaret Hubbard Jones
- Public response to air pollution / James A. Swan
- Pollution and the psychologist : a call to action / Robert Buckhout
- Pt. 2. Special environmental settings. Some observations on behavior in institutional settings / George Agron
- Bedroom size and social interaction of the psychiatric ward / William H. Ittelson, Harold M. Proshansky, and Leanne G. Rivlin
- Architectural factors in isolation promotion in prisons / Daniel Glaser
- Some beginnings of an ecological psychology of old age / M. Powell Lawton
- Architecture, interaction, and social control : the case of a large-scale housing project / William L. Yancey
- Some sources of residential satisfaction in an urban slum / Marc Fried and Peggy Gleicher
- Residential descriptions and urban threats / Daniel H. Carson
- Neighborhood and community satisfaction : a report on new towns and less planned suburbs / Robert B. Zehner
- Cultural and personality variables in the perception of natural hazards / Ian Burton
- Behavioral research in outdoor recreation management : an example of how visitors select campgrounds / David W. Lime
- Aesthetic and emotional experiences rate high with northeast wilderness hikers / Elwood L. Shafer, Jr., and James Mietz
- Outdoor recreation behavior in residential environments / Robert W. Marans
- Potential contributions of psychology to recreation resource management / B. L. Driver
- Pt. 3. Environmental decision making. Environmental perceptions and attitudes of engineers and public health officials / W. R. Derrick Sewell
- Professional socialization and environmental management / B. L. Driver
- The organization of spatial stimuli / Raymond G. Studer
- Pt. 4. Epilogue. Environment and behavioral science : retrospect and prospect.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
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