ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY GOES BEYOND THE LABORATORY
Abstract
While I intend to advocate extending scientific research beyond the laboratory, I am still a strong supporter of the laboratory. It is only in the laboratory that we can get what all scientists, those interested in human problems and those disinterested, probably desire - controlled conditions. If we desert the lab, we are left with anecdote and uncontrolled observations, neither of which should be discounted; but it is only in the lab that we can attempt to test hypotheses. When we get cross-cultural studies, we have tested our hypotheses over place. Longitudinal studies test our hypotheses over time. I would defend, to the last breath, patient laboratory work. Why then have I chosen to promote going "beyond the laboratory"?Downloads
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1977-09-01
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Bronzaft, A. L. (1977). ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY GOES BEYOND THE LABORATORY. McGill Journal of Education / Revue Des Sciences De l’éducation De McGill, 12(002). Retrieved from https://mje.mcgill.ca/article/view/7154
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