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.