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Environment and Behavior

A Dynamic Perspective

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  • © 1978

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Authors:
  1. Charles J. Holahan

    1. The University of Texas at Austin, USA

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Part of the book series: The Plenum Social Ecology Series (PSES)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Emergence of a New Perspective

    1. Emergence of a New Perspective

      • Charles J. Holahan
      Pages 1-15

  3. Environmental Coping

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-24
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    2. Street Life and High-Rise Public Housing

      • Charles J. Holahan
      Pages 25-44

    3. Social Coping and Environmental Satisfaction in a University Megadorm

      • Charles J. Holahan
      Pages 45-56

    4. Coping with Environmental Change: A Social Systems Model

      • Charles J. Holahan
      Pages 57-70

  5. Environmental Schematization

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-130
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    2. Sex Differences in Schematizing the Behavioral Environment

      • Charles J. Holahan
      Pages 131-139

    3. Errors in Cognitive Mapping: A Behavioral Interpretation

      • Charles J. Holahan
      Pages 141-156

  6. Synthesis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 157-157
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    2. Implications for the Field of Environment and Behavior

      • Charles J. Holahan
      Pages 159-182

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 183-188
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About this book

This book has been written as a text for advanced undergraduate students and graduate students in the burgeoning field of study that has come to be called environment and behavior. It is appropriate for courses in environmental psychology, social ecology, ecological psychology, and community psychology when the community is conceptualized from an ecological viewpoint. In addition, the book may be used in design courses oriented toward an appreciation of the interaction between architecture and human behavior. The book presents a thorough explication of a perspective or viewpoint in approaching the study of environment and behavior, which has tended to be underemphasized in past work in this area. The dynamic perspective focuses on the active role people play in dealing with environmental challenges. Its investigative interest is in the processes that mediate the effects of environment on behavior, especially the positive and adaptive ways in which people cope with the environment. The accent is on the creative, complex, yet subtle character of these environmental processes.

Authors and Affiliations

  • The University of Texas at Austin, USA

    Charles J. Holahan

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Environment and Behavior

  • Book Subtitle: A Dynamic Perspective

  • Authors: Charles J. Holahan

  • Series Title: The Plenum Social Ecology Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2430-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1978

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-2432-4Published: 05 December 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-2430-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 188

  • Topics: Community and Environmental Psychology

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