Advances in Environmental Psychology (Volume 5)

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. Originally published in 1985, this volume explores some of the issues characterizing work on health, environment, and behavior.

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.