Citation

Suedfeld P. J. Environ. Psychol. 1998; 18(1): 95-102.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, Academic Press)

DOI

10.1006/jevp.1998.0090

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The psychological effects of unusual environments reveal different aspects of behaviour from those seen in more customary situations. Such environments provide natural laboratories in which many questions of psychological interest, varying with the specific environment, may be studied. This paper uses isolated polar stations to illustrate this point. In such settings, the usual parameters that control a variety of psychological processes are drastically changed, and confounding variables are stripped away. Consequently, the environment offers unique perspectives on environmental perception and cognition; adaptation to and use of the environment; environmental bonding; social interaction; and coping with environmental challenge.@ 1998 Academic Press