Environmental Psychology

by etc. (Author), Paul A. Bell (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1996

  $4.75

  For courses in environmental psychology, design and behaviour, and architecture and behaviour, Environmental Psychology has not only set the pace in the field of study, but has essentially defined the scope of the course. The Fourth Edition retains its use of the ecletic model of human-environment interaction developed in the First Edition. Features: * Each chapter following Chapter 4, in which the ecletic model is introduced, contains a diagram and discussion that assists students in synthesizing material into the eclectic model. New to this edition: * New Chapter 2 discusses the innate and learned relationships to nature-including discussion of landscape preferences, biophilia and biophobia, and historical attitudes concerning the impulse to conquer or commune with nature. * New photos and stories throughout the text provide visual and language based examples. * Updated research citations maintain currency and relevancy.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1990

  $4.20

• New

  Hardcover
  2005

  $141.80

  Bell et al's Environmental Psychology is considered to be the most authoritative textbook available for this course. It is the only environmental psychology book to appear in five editions. It is noted for its focus on the application of science and theory to the solution of problems involving natural and altered environments. The book reviews the application of practical solutions to everyday environmental problems. The authors integrate theory, research, and application using their unifying, eclectic model to demonstrate human-environment interaction. The book reviews how we are a product of our environment, our biology, and the interaction of the two. It discusses how our physical environment such as noise and weather impact us. It also reviews how we can modify our environment through design principles such as aesthetics, and how we modify our environment when we disregard the impact other people and/or elements have on our ecological system. Each chapter addresses both micro and macro- environmental influences, including the short- and long-term effects of both. The opening chapter provides a historical context and introduces the reader to the research methods central to the discipline. The next 4 chapters introduce environmental attitudes, values, and ethics and the principles that apply to environmental assessment; models of perception & cognition, including how we process and store environmental information; and the major theories of human-environment interaction. The next 6 chapters explore a variety of environmental influences such as noise, climate, natural disasters (including the effects of pollution), crowding, and city life, and how they impact us. The next 2 chapters examine how environmental psychology principles can be applied to residences, institutional settings (i.e.schools) and work and leisure environments. The book concludes with a chapter on how we can change behavior that harms the environment. The book is intended as a text for courses on environmental psychology, environment and behavior, social ecology, architectural psychology, ecological psychology or environmental design or studies, taught in departments of psychology, sociology, environmental science, and biology.