Geographical psychology

By Peter J. Rentfrow

Subjects: Social Environment, Social Psychology, Environmental psychology, Geopsychologie, Human geography, Environment, Umweltpsychologie, Psychological aspects, Personality, Kulturpsychologie, Medical Geography

Description: 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. This book 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.