ecopsychology presentation
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EnvironmentalPsychology"Environmentalpsychologystudiestheinterac6onsandrela6onsbetweenpeopleandtheirenvironments.”(Oskamp&Schultz,1998,p.206)
Partsofthispresenta6onareadaptedfromJamesNeill,Psychology,UniversityofCanberra,viahisworkinopensourceeduca6on.
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Scope
• environmentalsocialsciences• architecturalpsychology• socio‐architecture• ecologicalpsychology• ecopsychology• behaviouralgeography• environment‐behaviorstudies
• person‐environmentstudies• environmentalsociology• socialecology• environmentaldesignresearch
Environmentalpsychologyisalsoknownas,orcloselyrelatedto:
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EnvironmentandHumanity
• “Ecologicalissuesofpeople'srela6onshiptotheirenvironment,bothnaturalandhuman‐made,haveassumedcrucialimportancetoourqualityoflife,andeventothesurvivalcapacityofhumanity.”(Oskamp&Schultz,1998)
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Isitallaboutcontrol?Density=numberofpeopleperspace
whereas
Crowding=subjec6venega6veexperiencesduetodensity
Wearelesslikelytofeelcrowded(stressed)whenwefeelwehavesomecontrol.Theimagebelowshowsdensity,butnotcrowding.
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ControlWetendtobemoreafraidofenvironmentalriskswecannotcontrolthanthosethatwe(perceive)thatwecan.
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Whichsitua6onismoredangerous?
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HumanresponsetothebuiltenvironmentWeshapetheenvironmentandweareshapedbyit.
TheGruentransferreferstothemomentwhenaconsumerentersashoppingmall,and,surroundedbyaninten6onallyconfusinglayout,losestracktheiroriginalinten6ons.Spa6alawarenessoftheirsurroundingsplayakeyrole,asdoesthesurroundingsoundandmusic.Theeffectofthetransferismarkedbyaslowerwalkingpaceandglazedeyes.hZp://www.flickr.com/photos/treyguinn/
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Biophilia • Wilson,anetymologistproposedthat:humanshaveanins+nc+veaffinitywithlife‐likeprocessesi.e.,nature,duetoourevolu+onaryhistory
• "innatetendencytofocusonlifeandlifelikeprocesses."
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Gaia
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Gaiaandsystemsscience
PerhapsitisinthecontextthatJamesLovelock’sideahecalledtheGaiahypothesiswastakenbymanyataveryspirituallevel.
ThisfilmisaliZlethatwaybutexplainsthemainpointsofthehypothesiswell.
ForamoredetaileddiscussionofLovelockandhisworkpleaselistentotheRadioNa6onalScienceShowinterviewlinkedonmoodle.
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DeepEcology
• thelivingenvironmentasawholehasthesamerighttoliveandflourishashumanity.
• asksdeeperques6onsconcerning"why"and"how"andthusisconcernedwithphilosophicalques6onsabouttheimpactsofhumanlifeasonepartoftheecosphere
• aimstoavoidmerelyanthropocentricenvironmentalism
TheGaiahypothesisisfundamentallyintunewiththeDeepEcologyphilosophy.