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Multiple scientific paradigms in environmental psychology
Author(s) -
Craik Kenneth H.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
international journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1464-066X
pISSN - 0020-7594
DOI - 10.1080/00207597708247385
Subject(s) - psychology , humanities , perspective (graphical) , context (archaeology) , environmental psychology , social psychology , philosophy , geography , archaeology , artificial intelligence , computer science
The developmental‐historical pattern of environmental psychology is analyzed. It is seen to reflect primarily the discovery of engaging puzzles within the man‐environment context by several mature research paradigms currently viable within scientific psychology. This invasion of the paradigms is illustrated by brief accounts of: 1) ecological psychology; 2) environmental perception; 3) environmental assessment; 4) personality and the environment; 5) environmental cognition, and 6) analysis of functional adaptations. The implications of this perspective are noted for the new field's pure and applied research potential; for communication between researchers and environmental decisionmakers; for the prospects of a common conceptual framework, and for advanced research training in the field.