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ERIC Number: EJ185946
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1978
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Population Size, Structural Differentiation, and Human Behavior
Sadalla, Edward K.
Environment and Behavior, 10, 2, 271-91, Jun 78
Reviews evidence which indicates that the sheer size of an urban center has important social and psychological consequences. Available literature suggests that size combined with structural differentiation is related to psychological and behavioral variables such as anomymity, deindividuation, deviance, personality development, and competitive-cooperative social interaction strategies. (Author/MA)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Environmental Education, Environmental Influences, Land Settlement, Population Growth, Population Trends, Residential Patterns, Urban Culture, Urban Environment
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