TY - JOUR AU1 - Vielhauer Kasmar, Joyce AB - THE DEVELOPMENT OF USABLE LEXICON OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESCRIPTORS KASMAR JOYCE VIELHAUER iscurrentlyAssistantProfessor of at State For three she was Western Connecticut Psychology College. years with the where she associated Institute of UCLA conducted Neuropsychiatric on environmental and research, focusing psychiatric architecture, taught. Dr. Kasmar’s environmental research interests are the de- varied; including of to assess environmental and behavioral velopment techniques perception to environmental responses any changes. If are to describe and people expected distinguish among environments and architectural will need tools to do spaces, they and will need a scale for the so, they especially appropriate of the environment. description physical It has been that are sensitive to and can suggested people to cues embedded within an environment- respond perceptual cues as to the function of a the of given space, type people an architectural the behavior to inhabiting structure, appropriate the and so on. environment be space, Any physical might as formal or indicative of or low perceived informal, high status, warm or or and so on. References to this cold, public private, of man’s environment come from diverse sources. aspect physical The architect Neutra refers to architecture not (1954, 1956, 1958) as an instrument which caters to TI - The Development of a Usable Lexicon of Environmental Descriptors JF - Environment and Behavior DO - 10.1177/001391657000200202 DA - 1970-09-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/the-development-of-a-usable-lexicon-of-environmental-descriptors-Im4ElEgups SP - 153 EP - 169 VL - 2 IS - 2 DP - DeepDyve ER -