Abstract
In spite of some quite respectable accomplishments, environmental psychology is still just emerging from the state in which it was a label looking for a content or an agenda. Environmental psychology ought to exist, and an increasing number of psychologists are trying to provide its substance. But the label gained prominence before consensual content had emerged. The field as we now know it did not arise from intrinsic urgencies in the trajectory of psychological science. This is an inherently embarrassing state of affairs.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Altman, I. The environment and social behavior. Belmont, Calif.: Brooks/Cole, 1975.
Barker, R. G. (Ed.). The stream of behavior. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1963.
Barker, R. G. Ecological psychology: Concepts and methods for studying the environment of human behavior. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1968.
Barker, R. G., and Gump, P. Big school, small school. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1964.
Barker, R. G., and Schoggen, P. Qualities of community life. San Francisco: jossey-Bass, 1973.
Brunswik, E. Perception and the representative design of psychological experiments. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1956.
Calhoun, J. B. Population density and social pathology. Scientific American, 1962, 206, 139–146.
Campbell, D. T. Methods for the experimenting society. Distinguished Scientific Contribution Address, American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C., September, 1971.
Chein, I. The environment as a determinant of behavior. The Journal of Social Psychology, 1954, 39, 115–127.
Commoner, B.The closing circle. New York: Knopf, 1971
Craik, K. H. Environmental psychology. In K. H. Craik, B. Kleinmuntz, R. Rosnow, R. Rosenthal, J. A. Cheyne, and R. H. Walters (Eds.), New directions in psychology (Vol. 4 ). New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970. Pp. 1–121.
Ehrlich, P., and Ehrlich, A. H. Population, resources, environment: Issues in human ecology. San Francisco: Freeman, 1972.
Hall, E. T. The hidden dimension. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1966.
Hammond, K. R. (Ed.). The psychology of Egon Brunswik. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966.
Hardin, G. The tragedy of the commons. Science, 1968, 162, 1243–1248.
Koffka, K. Principles of Gestalt psychology. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1935.
Lewin, K. Behavior and development as a function of the total situation. In L. Carmichael (Ed.), Manual of child psychology. New York: Wiley, 1946.
Maslow, A. H. The farther reaches of human nature. New York: Viking, 1971.
Maslow, A. H., and Honigman, J. J. Synergy: Some notes of Ruth Benedict. American Anthropologist, 1970, 72, 320–333.
Meadows, D. H., Meadows, D. L., Randers, J., and Behrens, W. W. The limits to growth. New York: Universe Books, 1972.
Murray, H. A. Explorations in personality. New York: Oxford University Press, 1938..
Platt, J. How men can shape their future. Futures, 1971, 3 (1), 32–47.
Platt, J. Social traps American Psychologist,1973, 28,641–651.
Proshansky, H. M., Ittelson, W. H., and Rivlin, L. G. (Eds.). Environmental psychology: Man and his physical setting. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970.
Reich, C.The greening of America. New York: Random House, 1970.
Sills, D. L. The environmental movement and its critics. Human Ecology, 1975, 3, 1–41.
Smith, M. B. Is psychology relevant to new priorities? American Psychologist, 1973, 28, 463–471.
Reprinted M. B. Smith (Ed.), Humanizing social psychology. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass1974. Pp. 193–208.) (a)
Smith, M. B. A social psychological view of fertility. In J. T. Fawcett (Ed.), Psychological perspectives on population New York: Basic Books, 1973. Pp. 3–18.)
Reprinted in M. B. Smith (Ed.), Humanizing social psychology San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1974. Pp. 95–113.) (b)
Smith, M. B. Psychology in two small towns. Review of R. G. Barker and P. Schoggen, Qualities of community life. Science, 1974, 184, 671–673.
Sommer, R. Personal space. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1969.
Tolman, E. C. Purposive behavior in animals and men. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1932.
Tyler, L. Design for a hopeful psychology. American Psychologist, 1973, 28, 1021–1029.
Wohlwill, J. F. The emerging discipline of environmental psychology. American Psychologist, 1970, 25, 303–312.
Yankelovich, D., Inc. The changing values on campus: Political and personal attitudes of today’s college students. New York: Pocket Books, Washington Square Press, 1972.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1977 Plenum Press, New York
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Smith, M.B. (1977). Some Problems of Strategy in Environmental Psychology. In: Stokols, D. (eds) Perspectives on Environment and Behavior. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2277-1_14
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2277-1_14
Publisher Name: Springer, Boston, MA
Print ISBN: 978-1-4684-2279-5
Online ISBN: 978-1-4684-2277-1
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive