Social ecology: Lost and found in psychological science
Thursday, August 5, 2010 - 10:56
in Psychology & Sociology
including political systems, economic systems, and even climate and geography -can affect our thinking and behavior, a field of study known as socioecological psychology. In a report in Perspectives on Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, psychological scientists Shigehiro Oishi and Jesse Graham from the University of Virginia examine the impact of social and physical environments on human thought and behavior.