Which school of thought laid great emphasis on lived experience and also the perception of space by social categories based on ethnicity, race, religion etc.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Behavioural School
Option (1) Welfare school — Incorrect. The welfare or humanistic school was concerned with social well-being: housing, health and education.
Option (2) Radical school — Incorrect. It used Marxian theory to explain poverty, deprivation and social inequality.
Option (3) Regional school — Incorrect. It is not one of the three schools of the 1970s. Regional analysis was the approach of the later colonial period, which described all aspects of a region.
Option (4) Behavioural School — Correct. The behavioural school laid great emphasis on lived experience and on the perception of space by social categories based on ethnicity, race and religion.
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NCERT: Fundamentals of Human Geography — Chapter 1: Human Geography: Nature and Scope, box: schools of thought; Table 1.1 (2025-26)
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