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Applied Behavior Analysis and the Solution of Environmental Problems

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In 1970, Wohlwill described the emerging field of environmental psychology and suggested that its emergence was due partly to a general concern with the deteriorating quality of our physical environment. A good deal of research and writing has appeared since Wohlwill’s paper, and as the titles of the chapters in this and the previous volume of the Human Behavior and Environment series attest, the interests of persons in the discipline are quite varied. Surprisingly, only a few of the titles suggest concern with the quality of the physical environment itself.

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  1. Department of Psychology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA

    John D. Cone & Steven C. Hayes

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  1. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

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    Joachim F. Wohlwill

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Cone, J.D., Hayes, S.C. (1977). Applied Behavior Analysis and the Solution of Environmental Problems. In: Altman, I., Wohlwill, J.F. (eds) Human Behavior and Environment. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0808-9_4

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