Psychology and Environment
Content
a) Environmental stress, noise:
i) definitions and sources;
ii) negative effects on
performance, social behaviour and health;
iii) positive uses of sound
(music).
b) Climate and weather:
i) definitions; types;
climatological determinism ;
ii) effects on performance and
social behaviour (one aspect of climate/weather only);
iii) effects on health such as
seasonal affective disorder.
c) Density and crowding:
i) definitions, measurements and
animal studies;
ii) effects on human health,
social behaviour and performance;
iii) preventing and coping with
effects of crowding.
d) Crowds/collective behaviour:
i) definitions and types of
crowds;
ii) crowd behaviour; crowds in
emergency situations;
iii) controlling crowds and
preventing problems.
e) Environmental disaster and
technological catastrophe:
i) definitions, characteristics
and causes;
ii) examples of, behaviours
during, and effects on individuals;
iii) psychological intervention
before and after events.
f) Personal space and territory:
i) definitions, types and
measures;
ii) effects and consequences of
invasion;
iii) defending territory and
space.
g) Architecture and behaviour:
housing design and urban renewal:
i) theories and effects of urban
living on health and social behaviour;
ii) urban renewal and building
design;
iii) community environmental
design.
h) Environmental cognition:
i) definitions, measures, errors
and individual differences in cognitive maps;
ii) designing better maps;
wayfinding;
iii) the scenic environment.