The purpose of this study was to compare three groups: JROTC students, student athletes, and other students, to determine if there were differences in academic achievement. Gaining an understanding of the necessary skills required to become academically successful and make healthy life choices, could provide educators working within an urban…

The nature of environmental perception and the relationship between perceived environmental change and environmental action are analyzed through four dimensions of environmental experience: the environment as external object, as representation of self, as embodiment of value, and as arena for action. (Author/MA)

The present paper investigates the possibility that exposure to intense urban-like stimuli may make people less altruistic, but that a perception of control over the environment can reduce its negative effects. (Author)

Examines the supposition that insufficient privacy is stressful to the individual. Data were obtained from urban centers in New Zealand. Findings support the hypothesis that a percieved lack of privacy is associated with psychosomatic stress. The relationship is specified by measures of stress and sex of respondents. (Author)

Studies the preconceptions of secondary school students about the urban environment. Provides evidence that young people are developing a reasonable consciousness of environmental issues. (Author/CCM)

Community resource sites in Maine were utilized by junior high school students participating in Operation EPIC, an ESEA Title III experimental program in curriculum. The program attempts to develop student awareness and appreciation of the urban complex: social, cultural, industrial, and recreational phenomena. Systematic evaluation of the field…

A perception of ecological psychology on urbanism is presented, with emphasis on the following premises: (1) Urban milieu consists of complexes of behavior settings; and (2) Size of a city should be understood in relationship to the number and variety of its settings, rather than in terms of population size. (Author/MA)

Conference papers examining recent trends affecting the development of urban life in America are presented. "How People Look at Cities Where They Live and Work," by Anselm L. Strauss, presents sample work and life styles and their effects on perceptions of cities. "Los Angeles as a Changing Community," by Fred E. Chase,…

Presents a factor analysis of the psychological constructs of "ruralness" and "urbanness" of place and person using university student survey. Found that population and physical environment account for perceived ruralness of place, but did not identify factors that account for ruralness of person. Includes three tables and references. (Author/TES)

A possible method of developing better understanding of urban problems, particularly as they relate to the black population, is through direct immersion of the student teacher in community activities. (Editor)

Applies Brunswik's lens model to a study linking environmental assessment with environmental perception and cognition. Gauges the ecological validity of cues generated by technical and observational assessments of residential streets in San Francisco for three conditions: traffic volume, family income, and residents' concern about crime.…

This study developed from the hypotheses: (1) there is a sequential pattern in the development of children's abilities to coordinate perspectives, and (2) use of an urban environment in the Test of Coordination of Perspectives will result in an earlier development of the age-stage relationships tested by Piaget and Inhelder (Switzerland, 1963).…