Explorations in the taxonomy of behavior settings

Abstract

Two studies are reported which examine the entire population of behavior settings (N = 455) measured on 43 variables in a small midwestern town.Study I reports the results of a factor analysis of 43 variables measured across the entire population of settings.Results of Study I indicate that age, sex, role of setting inhabitants, duration, and various behavior patterns all constitute important underlying dimensions of behavior settings.Study 11 reports the results of a cluster analysis of the 455 settings which yielded 12 distinct behavior setting types.Implications of the present study for (a) the phenomenon of personenvironment congruence, (b ) a theory of community settings, and (e) research on community-based social settings were discussed.The recent resurgence of interest in the power of various kinds of social settings to influence behavior has been accompanied by a shift in the focus of behavioral scientists from the individual characteristics of persons to efforts aimed at characterizing social situations or settings (Barker, 1968;Cowen,

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