Too close for comfort : the psychology of crowding / Paul M. Insel and Henry Clay Lindgren

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey : Prentice-Hall International Inc., c1978Description: xii, 180 pages ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 139251642
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HM 291 .I57 1978
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Annex Relegation Room Psychology GC HM 291 .I57 1978 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000004492

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.

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