An Approach to environmental psychology
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This study examines how the physical surroundings people live in shape their behaviour. It proposes that a person's responses to a setting can be understood through three basic emotional dimensions: arousal, pleasure and dominance. Environmental stimuli, such as the qualities of a room or a place, influence whether people feel stimulated or calm, whether they feel content or uneasy, and how much control they feel over what is around them. The approach treats emotion as the link between the surroundings and what people go on to do, making it a useful starting point for anyone studying how built and natural places affect human conduct.
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Operation Bite Back: Rod Coronado's War to Save American Wilderness
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