Abstract: . . .  us now turn to the conflict cells since they present the most challenges for the future. The application need is sometimes more general than the scientific knowledge (cell 3). This is the case when scientists define their research problems too narrowly, for instance, failing to do a system analysis. A narrow focus is at the same time frequently beneficial since it Page 10 Population and Environmental Psychology Bulletin / APA Division 34 Vol. 26, No.2, Spring 2000 page 10 makes possible the efficient generation of reliable knowledge. In environmental psychology there is from time to time a need to summarize the findings from research while taking a broader view. The previous Handbook of Environmental Psychology was exemplary in addressing this . . .
. . .  Environmental psychology has a very short history in relation to other areas of psychology (e.g., cognitive and social psychology ), let alone the natural and engineering sciences. Researchers have been keen - perhaps too keen - to explore new areas, an understandable condition in a subject where the world is such a rich laboratory and the investigators are so interested and inquiring. Environmental psychologists have a lot of catching up to do. One of my students likened the headlong rush of researchers into new areas of environment-behaviour research, however, to an academic gold rush where the emphasis has been on prospecting . . .
. . .  psychology has a very short history in relation to other areas of psychology (e.g., cognitive and social psychology ), let alone the natural and engineering sciences. Researchers have been keen - perhaps too keen - to explore new areas, an understandable condition in a subject where the world is such a rich laboratory and the investigators are so interested and inquiring. Environmental psychologists have a lot of catching up to do. One of my students likened the headlong rush of researchers into new areas of environment-behaviour research, however, to an academic gold rush where the emphasis has been on prospecting . . .
. . .  it because psychologists have not delivered the kind of answers that practitioners such as architects and designers require? Or could it be because psychologists have not delivered the kind of answers that architects and designers were expecting or wanted? Environmental psychology has a very short history in relation to other areas of psychology (e.g., cognitive and social psychology ), let alone the natural and engineering sciences. Researchers have been keen - perhaps too keen - to explore new areas, an understandable condition in a subject where the world is such a rich laboratory and the investigators are so interested and inquiring. Environmental psychologists have a lot of catching up to do. One of my students likened the headlong rush . . .
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