Content (Syllabus outline)
INTRODUCTION: Definitions and fields of environmental psychology; characteristics of men-environment relationships; methods in environmental psychology; post-ocupancy evaluation
SOCIAL PROCESSES AND ENVIRONMENT: privacy; territorial behavior; crowding; personal space; behavioral setting; neighborhood and town; socio-spatial schema; socio-fugal and socio-petal space; behavioral and social traps; environmental attitudes and values; managing environment; ethical aspects of environmental attitudes; persuasion and influence;
ENVIRONMENTAL COGNITION: perception of environment; orientation in environment; cognitive maps; environmental aesthetic; place; meaning in environment;
SENSORY QUALITIES AND THEIR INFLUENCES: light and colours; darkness; sound and noise; temperature; smell;
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS AND THEIR SOLUTIONS: global environmental questions; human behavior as a cause of environmental changes; polluting; dusting and repositories; vandalism; criminal and its prevention; traffic environments; energy and energy saving; sustainable development;
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT: perception; landscape, afiliation and preferences; supporting influences of nature; recreational environments;
DISASTERS: risk perception; behavior in emergencies;
PLANING: differences between users and planners; adjustment process; negotiation of common image of environment; environment impact assessment; public relations;
CHARACTERISTIC OF BEHAVIOR AND EXPERIENCE IN PARTICULAR ENVIRONMENTS: schools; playgrounds; squares; natural environments: parks, woods, gardens; stadiums; hospitals; restaurant; homes; settlements; environments for special groups, etc.
Prerequisites
enrolment in relevant study year of the program