Man in Isolation and Confinement

This book focuses on those special circumstances in which men (alone or in groups) are isolated or confined for periods of time long enough to affect the way in which they think and behave

List of contents

1: Introduction; 2: Behavioral and Physiological Effects of Prolonged Sensory and Perceptual Deprivation: A Review; 3: Temporal Isolation, Activity Rhythms, and Time Estimation; 4: Some Effects of Geographic and Social Isolation in Natural Settings; 5: Individual Behavior in Confined or Isolated Groups; 6: The Indirect Observation of Groups Under Confinement and Isolation; 7: Naturalistic Observations of Isolated Experimental Groups in Field Settings; 8: The Miniworld of Isolation: Laboratory Studies; 9: An Ecological Approach to the Functioning of Socially Isolated Groups; 10: Concepts and Strategies of Research on Groups in Isolation: Comments on Altman’s Approach; 11: The Taxonomy of Man in Enclosed Space; 12: Isolation Research: The Methodological Context

About the author

John E. Rasmussen

Summary

This book focuses on those special circumstances in which men (alone or in groups) are isolated or confined for periods of time long enough to affect the way in which they think and behave

Product details

• Authors: John E Rasmussen, John E. Rasmussen, Rasmussen John E.
• Assisted by: John E Rasmussen (Editor), John E. Rasmussen (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.07.2017
• EAN: 9781138527553
• ISBN: 978-1-138-52755-3
• No. of pages: 339
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / General, Psychology, Abnormal psychology