Traffic Psychology Today / Edition 1

by Pierre-Emmanuel Barjonet

Overview

After several decades of research, practice, intervention, and instruction, traffic psychology is in need of a summary work outlining the main trends in the discipline.
Traffic Psychology Today provides a theoretical basis of the topic, a summary of the acquired research in the field, practical applications for government planners, and a critical discussion of future trends.
Through a series of chapters contributed by an international group of researchers under the general editorship of Pierre Barjonet, Traffic Psychology Today comprehensively synthesizes thinking in the psychology of traffic from its inception in the mid 1950s through the present day.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781441949097
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	12/03/2010
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2001
Pages:	378
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.24(d)

Table of Contents

List of Contributors. Foreword; P.-E. Barjonet. Preface; Y. Brown. Part One: General Overview. 1. Objectives, Topics and Methods; T. Rothengatter. 2. Transport Psychology in Europe: A Historical Approach; P.-E. Barjonet, F. Tortosa. 3. Models in Traffic Psychology; R.D. Huguenin, K. Rumar. Part Two: Mind and Behavior in Traffic. 4. Perception; V.E. Cavallo, A.S. Cohen. 5. Factors Influencing Driving Performance;M. Vallet. 6. Learning to Drive; R. Fuller. 7. Attitudes; L. Åberg. 8. Motivational and Emotional Aspects Involved in Driving; R. Bañuls, L. Montoro. Part Three: Changing Driving Cognitions, Attitudes and Behavior. 9. Driver Improvement; G. Kroj, E. Dienes. 10. The Effects of Safety Regulations and Law Enforcement; S. Siegrist, E. Roskova. 11. Effectiveness of Road Safety Campaigns; N. De Vrieze. 12. Social Intervention in Traffic Safety; E.J. Carbonell. 13. The Effects of Road Design on Driving; J. Theeuwes. 14. The Effect of Road Transport Telematics; L. Nilsson, L. Harms, B. Peters. 15. Users' Acceptance and Societal Acceptability of New Traffic Technologies; S. Petica. Part Four: Traffic Psychology in Practice: Some Selected Examples. 16. Driver Selection; I. Schanz-Lorenz. 17. The Traffic Psychological Job in the German-Language Area; W. Schneider, B. Bukasa. Conclusion. Traffic Psychology for the 2000's: Profession and Science; H. Summala. Index.