Papers by Robert Kaminoff
Journal of Environmental Psychology , 1983
For some years, the writers and their colleagues have employed the concept of 'place-identity' in... more For some years, the writers and their colleagues have employed the concept of 'place-identity' in their conceptualization of selected problems of the physical environment (Proshansky, 1978; Proshansky et al., 1979; Proshansky and Kaminoff, 1982). Because of its derivation from self-theory, its meaning was relatively easy to establish and use in analyzing person/physical setting problems. Later on in this paper we will provide a more formal definition of place-identity and its properties. At this point, however, what is needed is a brief review of the social and cultural processes involved in the development of self-identity. From this discussion, the theoretical significance of physical settings and their properties regarding self-identity will clearly emerge. Paradoxically, what will also emerge is the realization of an almost complete neglect of the role of places and spaces in this aspect of human psychological development.
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Papers by Robert Kaminoff