1st Edition

Advances in Environmental Psychology (Volume 5) Methods and Environmental Psychology

Edited By Andrew Baum, Jerome E. Singer Copyright 1985
234 Pages
by Routledge

234 Pages
by Routledge

234 Pages
by Routledge

The development of a field or an area of inquiry is often marked by changes in measurement techniques, shifts in analytic emphasis, and disputes over the best ways of doing research. In many areas of psychology, a number of issues have characterized methodological evolution of the discipline, including questions regarding context and reductionism, or laboratory versus field research. For some of... Read more

List of Contributors.  Preface.  1. Ecological Validity Issues in Field Research Settings Gary H. Winkel  2. Research on the Chronically Ill: Conceptual and Methodological Perspectives Rosemary Lichtman, Shelley E. Taylor, and Joanne V. Wood  3. Working with Victims: Changes in the Researcher’s Assumptive World Ronnie Janoff-Bulman and Christine Timko  4. Simulation and Related Research Methods in Environmental Psychology Siegfried Streufert and Robret W. Swezey  5. Environmental Exposure and Disease: An Epidemiological Perspective on Some Methodological Issues in Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine Stanislav V. Kasl  6. Survey Research Methods in Environmental Psychology Judith M. Tanur  7. Understanding Environmental Stress: Strategies for Conceptual and Methodological Integration Andrew Baum, Raymond Fleming and Jerome E. Singer.  Author Index.  Subject Index.

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Andrew Baum, Jerome E. Singer