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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521319749
ISBN-139780521319744
eBay Product ID (ePID)2133226
Product Key Features
Number of Pages240 Pages
Publication NameIntroduction to Ecological Psychology
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1984
SubjectSocial Psychology
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPsychology
AuthorAllan W. Wicker
SeriesEnvironment and Behavior Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight11.7 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
Reviews' ... (A) coherent and valuable text that is useful to a broad range of readers. It provides a clear exposition of the most well-developed theory in environment and behavior research.'Contemporary Psychology, ' … (A) coherent and valuable text that is useful to a broad range of readers. It provides a clear exposition of the most well-developed theory in environment and behavior research.' Contemporary Psychology, ' ... a welcome event ... (Wicker) increases the interest of the book by tying ecological concepts to larger social issues.' Design Research News, ' … (A) coherent and valuable text that is useful to a broad range of readers. It provides a clear exposition of the most well-developed theory in environment and behavior research.'Contemporary Psychology, ' ... a welcome event ... (Wicker) increases the interest of the book by tying ecological concepts to larger social issues.'Design Research News, ' … a welcome event … (Wicker) increases the interest of the book by tying ecological concepts to larger social issues.'Design Research News, ' … a welcome event … (Wicker) increases the interest of the book by tying ecological concepts to larger social issues.' Design Research News
TitleLeadingAn
Dewey Edition19
Series Volume NumberNo. 1
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal155.9
SynopsisThis highly readable account of the ecological psychology movement makes its general ideas accessible to the beginning student and non-specialist. It describes the work of Roger Barker in the 'behaviour settings' of small American and English towns and the formulation of 'manning theory,' which concerns the number of people needed to 'operate and maintain' a particular setting. The author concludes by suggesting implications for everyday life and proposing different directions for ecological psychology., This highly readable account of the ecological psychology movement, which describes the work of Roger Barker and the formulation of 'manning theory' that concerns the number of people needed to 'operate and maintain' a particular setting. This book's general ideas are accessible to the beginning student and non-specialist.