<p>" Airports where chairs are bolted to the floor to drive patrons into food and drink concessions...picnic tables cemented into the earth, making large parties--or even sitting in the shade--impossible...public toilets, advertised as indestructible by manufacturers, that drive vandals to the use of dynamite in a desperate attempt at a human imprint.\nThese are just a few examples of what Robert Sommer, author of the best-selling PERSONAL SPACE, Sommer examines the "New Brutalise" in architecture--the trend toward windowless concrete homes and office buildings; barren, cheerless campuses; sterile, uncomfortable public parks and airports.\nSommer argues that these alienating environments are producing subtle but debilitating psychological effects in all of us, and that public attention should be refocused on the psychological causes--not just the results--of seemingly wanton vandalism directed against impersonal public architecture. He says, for instance, that, 'Graffiti in the New York subways is considered a problem --the depressing and squalid environment isn't.'\nTIGHT SPACES convincing fly portrays the alienation engendered by unresponsive design and present ts a lively and moving plea for humanizing 'hard architecture.' "</p>

Tight spaces; hard architecture and how to humanize it (A Spectrum book)

Arts & Photography

Robert Sommer

Architecture

PRENTICE/HALL

Ideal for students in research methods courses and for readers seeking a clear guide to conducting behavioral studies, the fourth edition of A Practical Guide to Behavioral Research provides an accessible introduction to the techniques and tools of behavioral research used in psychology, sociology, and anthropology, as well as in business, education, design, and program evaluation. It offers a multi-method, hands-on, interdisciplinary approach including observation, interviewing, questionnaire construction, experimentation, content analyses, case studies, and the use of personal documents and archival measures. Students are encouraged to learn by using statistical techniques rather than just reading about them.   This revision includes a new chapter describing the research opportunities provided by using the Internet in behavioral research, and new material on the use of computers in running research studies and in data analysis. It also expands coverage of case studies and qualitative research, and introduces the role of the camera in behavioral  research. Details on conference presentations and on writing technical reports and journal articles are included. This edition also features more information on work being done outside of North America. Lively and straightforward, the fourth edition of A Practical Guide to Behavioral Research is an indispensable tool for teachers in need of an excellent textbook, and an invaluable reference for anyone interested in behavioral studies.

A Practical Guide to Behavioral Research

Medical Books

Barbara B. Sommer

Psychology

Oxford University Press

Test Bank To Accompany A Practical Guide To Behavioral Research: Tools And Techniques

Barbara Sommer

Oxford Univ. Pr.

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