Person-environment-behavior research : investigating activities and experiences in spaces and environments / Douglas Amedeo, Reginald G. Golledge, Robert J. Stimson.

Author/creator Amedeo, Douglas
Other author Golledge, Reginald G., 1937-
Other author Stimson, R. J. (Robert John)
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Guilford Press, ©2009.
Descriptionxxvi, 389 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cm
Subjects
Social psychology--Methodology.
Environmental psychology.
Spatial behavior.
Research.

Contents An overview of spatial and/or environmental influences in human activities and experiences -- Data measurement to generate information -- Collecting data and generating information in a scientific mode -- The purpose of collecting and matching data and analysis -- Qualitative and survey approaches to collecting data and generating information -- Collecting information from sampled populations using probability and nonprobability designs -- Extrapolating from controlled conditions to the real world -- Modeling social-environmental factors associated with spatial patterns of voter support for political parties -- Intellectually challenged people interacting with their environment -- Spatial competence of the blind and visually impaired people when performing activities in different spaces -- Decision process and choice in the residential relocation of retirees -- Sex roles and the gendering of activities and spaces -- Spatial structural influences on activities in an elementary classroom environment -- Experiences in everyday environments -- Aesthetic experiences in environments -- Deriving metropolitanwide spatial patterns of perceived quality-of-life dimensions -- Reflecting the nature of cognitive spaces from perceived relations -- Modeling group conservation perspectives -- Mapping a strategic plan for research.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 363-378) and index.
LCCN 2008005433
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