Too close for comfort : the psychology of crowding /
Insel, Paul M.
Too close for comfort : the psychology of crowding / Paul M. Insel and Henry Clay Lindgren - Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey : Prentice-Hall International Inc., c1978 - xii, 180 pages ; 20 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Crowding: Difficult to Avoid: hard to Define -- Chapter 3. One Man's Party is Another's Noisy Crowd -- Chapter 4. The Social Cost of Crowded Homes -- Chapter 5. Urban Stress -- Chapter 6. Lines or Queues: Where do they Lead? -- Chapter 7. Crowding and Aggression -- Chapter 8. Crowding and Health -- Chapter 9. Privacy.
Do people behave differently when they are crowded? Does living under crowded conditions affect attitudes, personality, and the ability to think and solve problems? Is crowdedness a threat to mental and physical health? If the answer to these questions is "Yes," are we humans sufficiently adaptive so that living in a crowded society will eventually make little difference in our lives? After carefully reviewing the evidence, we have concluded that crowding has serious consequences and is a contributing factor to the deteriorating quality of life.
139251642
CROWDING STRESS
HM 291 .I57 1978
Too close for comfort : the psychology of crowding / Paul M. Insel and Henry Clay Lindgren - Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey : Prentice-Hall International Inc., c1978 - xii, 180 pages ; 20 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Crowding: Difficult to Avoid: hard to Define -- Chapter 3. One Man's Party is Another's Noisy Crowd -- Chapter 4. The Social Cost of Crowded Homes -- Chapter 5. Urban Stress -- Chapter 6. Lines or Queues: Where do they Lead? -- Chapter 7. Crowding and Aggression -- Chapter 8. Crowding and Health -- Chapter 9. Privacy.
Do people behave differently when they are crowded? Does living under crowded conditions affect attitudes, personality, and the ability to think and solve problems? Is crowdedness a threat to mental and physical health? If the answer to these questions is "Yes," are we humans sufficiently adaptive so that living in a crowded society will eventually make little difference in our lives? After carefully reviewing the evidence, we have concluded that crowding has serious consequences and is a contributing factor to the deteriorating quality of life.
139251642
CROWDING STRESS
HM 291 .I57 1978