Environmental psychology: A core field within psychological science.

To counter D. Stokols's (see record 1996-13229-001) notion that the identity of environmental psychology has become more diffuse and transparent over the past 30 yrs, the author makes two points regarding the past and future research activities of the field. First, environmental psychology deals with one of the core sets of fundamental issues addressed by psychological science (i.e., the person situated in and transacting with the environment), and second, it is providing an ongoing forum for basic theorizing about person–environment relations. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)