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PublisherAmerican Psychological Association

ISBN-101433815397

ISBN-139781433815393

eBay Product ID (ePID)211982073

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Book TitleGeographical Psychology : Exploring the Interaction of Environment and Behavior

Number of Pages336 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicEthnic Studies / General, Human Geography, Social Psychology, Movements / Behaviorism

IllustratorYes

GenreSocial Science, Psychology

AuthorPeter Rentfrow

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight23.5 Oz

Item Length10 in

Item Width7 in

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LCCN2013-013605

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal155.9/1

Table Of ContentContributors Introduction Peter J. Rentfrow I. Mechanisms Underlying Geographical Variation in States, Traits, and Behaviors Where on Earth Do Collectivists Live? Climato-Economic Impacts on Ingroup Love and Outgroup Hate Evert Van de Vliert and Huadong Yang Regional Differences in Individualism and Why They Matter Lucian Gideon Conway III, Shannon C. Houck, and Laura Janelle Gornick Pathogen Prevalence and Geographical Variation in Traits and Behavior Damian R. Murray and Mark Schaller Personality and the Realization of Migration Desires Markus Jokela Personality Traits and Spatial Ecology in Nonhuman Animals Julien Cote, Jean Clobert, Tomas Brodin, Sean Fogarty, and Andrew Sih II. Geographical Representation of Social Psychological Phenomena Geographical Differences in Personality Peter J. Rentfrow Big Five Personality Differences and Political, Social, and Economic Conservatism: An American State-Level Analysis Stewart J. H. McCann Investigating the Subjective Well-Being of United States Regions Richard E. Lucas, Felix Cheung, and Nicole M. Lawless The City Where We Live Matters: The Psychology of Cities Nansook Park and Christopher Peterson Finding Values in Words: Using Natural Language to Detect Regional Variations in Personal Concerns Cindy K. Chung, Peter J. Rentfrow, and James W. Pennebaker III. Person X Environment Interactions Residential Mobility Affects Self-Concept, Group Support, and Happiness of Individuals and Communities Thomas Talhelm and Shigehiro Oishi People, Culture, and Place: How Place Predicts Helping Toward Strangers Stephen Reysen and Robert V. Levine The Psychogeography of Creativity Richard Florida and Charlotta Mellander Places, Products, and People "Make Each Other Up": Culture Cycles of Self and Well-Being Alyssa S. Fu, Victoria C. Plaut, Jodi R. Treadway, and Hazel Rose Markus The Tyneside Neighborhoods Project: Investigating the Psychological Geography of One British City Daniel Nettle and Agathe Colléony Index About the Editor

SynopsisThe places where people live vary considerably in terms of their social, economic, political, climatic, and physical characteristics. This volume focuses on the intriguing new field of geographical psychology includes research on how ecological, climatic, and psychological factors all contribute or are related to a variety of social indicators, ......, The places where people live vary considerably in terms of their social, economic, political, climatic, and physical characteristics. These conditions affect how people from different regions behave and interact with their environments and each other. Geographical psychology makes the case that understanding of psychological phenomena can be greatly informed by a cross-disciplinary perspective that investigates the spatial organisation and geographical representation of such phenomena and the mechanisms that are responsible. The research described in this volume indicates that personality, political ideology, well-being, happiness, human virtues, and personal concerns are related to several important geographic social indicators. Additionally, the contributors show how aspects of the social and physical environment influence and interact with such indices as health and morbidity, well-being, crime rates, identity, creativity, and community orientation. Collectively, the chapters in this volume provide a foundation for developing theory and research in this intriguing new field of study., The places where people live vary considerably in terms of their social, economic, political, climatic, and physical characteristics. These conditions affect how people from different regions behave and interact with their environments and each other. Geographical Psychology makes the case that understanding of psychological phenomena can be greatly informed by a cross-disciplinary perspective that investigates the spatial organization and geographical representation of such phenomena. The research described in this volume considers how ecological, climatic, and psychological factors contribute or are related to a variety of social indicators, providing a foundation for developing theory and research in this intriguing new field of study.

LC Classification NumberBF353.G47 2014