Research in Environmental Psychology: Frank
T. McAndrew, Ph.D.
Environmental
Psychology is the
study of the relationship between humans and their physical
environment, and it is an area that I got interested in way back in my
graduate school days.
I have written a book on the subject, Environmental Psychology
(Brooks/Cole, 1993), and I am on the editorial review board of
Environment & Behavior and The Journal of
Environmental Psychology. I was also honored to have been
identified as one of the "key
individuals"
in the history of environmental psychology by a survey of over 300
researchers in the field conducted in 2005.
My research
interests
in this area have given me a number of exciting
opportunities. For example, I worked with the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers and the Florida Department of Community Affairs on their Carrying Capacity Study in the Florida Keys,
and I have also worked with the Brookfield
Zoo
in Chicago on the design of interactive exhibits. During the summer of
2003, I had the opportunity to spend several weeks in the Czech
Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia as a participant in a seminar on
Central Europe's environmental crisis sponsored by the Mellon Foundation
through the "Global Partner's Project."
My most recent
environmental psych studies have been concerned with the
emotional attachment between people and the places that they live, an
interest which grew out of my earlier work on human territorial
behavior. If you are interested in this work and want a copy of the Rootedness Scale,
click on the link.
A list of
my environmental psychology presentations and
publications follows; most
of the co-authors are former Knox College students. One of
these students, Paul
Harris,
even went on to become a real, live environmental psychologist.
Paul has a worked in a variety of academic and applied
settings, and he is currently a psychology professor at Rollins College
in Florida. My friend and colleague at Knox College, Tim
Kasser, has also published many recent articles relevant to
environmental psychology and a list of these can be found on his
faculty profile page.
Finally, check out the web page for my
course on
environmental
psychology.
McAndrew,
F.T. (IN PRESS). The psychology, geography, and architecture of
horror. In G. Yeşildağ (Ed.), Architecture and Fear. Istanbul:
Ondokuzonbir Press.
McAndrew, F. T. (2020). Environmental Psychology. Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.: Wu-Nan Book Inc.
McAndrew, F. T. (2020, January 22). How
does your
house look through the eyes of a burglar? In Out
of the Ooze: Navigating the 21st Century with a Stone-Age Mind,
Psychology Today Magazine (Blog).
McAndrew, F. T. (2019, October 21). Houses
of
Horror. Aeon Magazine,
McAndrew, F. T. (2019, May 17). Hot
and bothered:
Does Heat Make People Aggressive? In Out
of the Ooze: Navigating the 21st Century with a Stone-Age Mind,
Psychology Today Magazine (Blog).
McAndrew, F. T. (2019, May 8). On
the Nature of
Privacy. In Out of the ooze:
Navigating the 21st Century with a Stone-Age Mind. Psychology Today
Magazine (Blog)
McAndrew,
F. T. (2018, April 1). Can
Feng Shui Enhance Human Well-Being?
In Out of the
Ooze: Navigating the
21st
Century with a Stone-Age Mind. Psychology Today Magazine Blog.
McAndrew,
F. T. (2017, April 24). For
restaurants looking to boost profits, it's
often about everything but the food. [Published by invitation; not
peer-reviewed.] This
appeared in a variety of different media outlets, including The Conversation, Psychology Today
Magazine, Associated Press.
McAndrew,
F. T. (2015). Environmental
Psychology. New Delhi, India: Indo-American Books.
McAndrew,
F. T. (2015, October). Evolutionary
psychology explains why haunted
houses creep us out. . [Published
by invitation; not peer-reviewed.] This appeared in more than a
dozen different outlets, including
Time,
Newsweek, The Conversation, Quartz.com, Livescience, &
Business Insider
McAndrew,
F. T. (2015, August). Home
is Where the Heart is, but Where is "Home?"
In Out of the Ooze: Navigating the
21st
Century with a Stone-Age Mind. Psychology Today Magazine Blog.
McAndrew,
F.T. (2000, January). Social and Psychological Factors to Consider in
the Construction of Carrying Capacity Models. Workshop presentation at
the Florida
Keys
Carrying Capacity Study Scenario Workshop, Marathon,
Florida.
McAndrew,
F.T.(1998). The
Measurement of "Rootedness" and the Prediction of
Attachment to Hometowns in College Students. The Journal of
Environmental Psychology, 18, 409-417.
McAndrew,
F.T., Turner, S., Fiedeldey, A.C., & Sharma, Y. (1998, July)
Are
Human Environmental Preferences Universal? Evidence from a
Cross-Cultural Study of Preferences for Visual and Non-Visual Features
of Outdoor Environments. Paper presented at the annual
meeting of The Human Behavior and
Evolution Society, Davis, CA. Click here for the tables.
McAndrew,
F.T.(1995). What is "Environmental Psychology", and what can it offer
to students concerned about environmental issues? Council on
Undergraduate Research Quarterly, 16, 89-92.
McAndrew,
F.T.(1995, April). The Biological roots of Environmental Attitudes.
Guest lecture to the graduate program in environmental studies,
University of Illinois at Springfield.
McAndrew,
F.T.(1995, April). The Psychology of Environmental Planning.
Invited address at the University of Illinois at Springfield.
McAndrew,
F.T.(1993). Environmental
Psychology. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.(Also published in
Chinese)
Goodman,
G.H., and McAndrew, F.T.(1993). Domes
and Astroturf: A note on the
relationship between the physical environment and the performance of
major league baseball players. Environment
and Behavior, 25, 121-125.
McAndrew,
F.T.(1993). The
home advantage in individual sports. Journal of Social
Psychology, 133, 401-403.
McAndrew,
F.T., and Thornton, B.G.(1987, April). Approach and avoidance
tendencies of screeners and nonscreeners. Paper presented at the
meeting of the Eastern
Psychological Association, Arlington, VA.
Harris,
P.B., and McAndrew, F.T.(1986). Territoriality
and compliance: The
influence of gender and location on willingness to sign petitions.
Journal of Social
Psychology, 126, 657-662.
O'Connell,
B.J., Harper, R.S., & McAndrew, F.T.(1985). Grip
strength as a
function of exposure to red or green visual stimulation. Perceptual and
Motor Skills, 61,1157-1158.
McAndrew,
F.T., and Clark, J.D.(1983, April). Situational preferences of
individuals differing in arousability. Paper presented at the meeting
of the Eastern
Psychological Association, Philadelphia.
McAndrew,
F.T., Ryckman, R.M., Horr, W., & Solomon, R.(1978). The effects
of
invader placement of spatial markers on territorial behavior in a
college population. Journal
of Social Psychology, 104, 149-150.
LINKS:
APA Division 34 Home Page
Environmental
Design Research Association (edra)
Environmental
Psychology Home Page
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Jane Jacobs (1916-2006)
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