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Geographical psychology : exploring the interaction of environment and behavior /

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"This volume attempts to make the case that our understanding of psychological phenomena can be greatly informed by a geographical perspective₇one that explores the spatial organization of psychological phenomena and considers how individual characteristics, social entities, and physical featur...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Rentfrow, Peter J. (Editor), Brodin, Tomas (Contributor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, [2014]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Environmental psychology.
Human geography > Psychological aspects.
Psychotherapy > Cross-cultural studies.
Psychology.
Geography.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: I.Mechanisms Underlying Geographical Variation in States, Traits, and Behaviors
  • ch. 1 Where on Earth Do Collectivists Live? Climato-Economic Impacts on Ingroup Love and Outgroup Hate / Huadong Yang
  • ch. 2 Regional Differences in Individualism and Why They Matter / Laura Janelle Gornick
  • ch. 3 Pathogen Prevalence and Geographical Variation in Traits and Behavior / Mark Schaller
  • ch. 4 Personality and the Realization of Migration Desires / Markus Jokela
  • ch. 5 Personality Traits and Spatial Ecology in Nonhuman Animals / Andrew Sih
  • II.Geographical Representation of Social Psychological Phenomena
  • ch. 6 Geographical Differences in Personality / Peter J. Rentfrow
  • ch. 7 Big Five Personality Differences and Political, Social, and Economic Conservatism: An American State-Level Analysis / Stewart J. H. McCann
  • ch. 8 Investigating the Subjective Well-Being of United States Regions / Nicole M. Lawless
  • ch. 9 The City Where We Live Matters: The Psychology of Cities / Christopher Peterson
  • ch. 10 Finding Values in Words: Using Natural Language to Detect Regional Variations in Personal Concerns / James W. Pennebaker
  • III.Person X Environment Interactions
  • ch. 11 Residential Mobility Affects Self-Concept, Group Support, and Happiness of Individuals and Communities / Shigehiro Oishi
  • ch. 12 People, Culture, and Place: How Place Predicts Helping Toward Strangers / Robert V. Levine
  • ch. 13 The Psychogeography of Creativity / Charlotta Mellander
  • ch. 14 Places, Products, and People "Make Each Other Up": Culture Cycles of Self and Well-Being / Hazel Rose Markus
  • ch. 15 The Tyneside Neighborhoods Project: Investigating the Psychological Geography of One British City / Agathe Colleony.