embodied psychology Flashcards
Behaviourism
environment leads to behaviour
cognitivism
environment interpreted by mind leading to behaviour
embodied psychology
environment, body , mind interact to lead to behaviour
Affordances - Gibson 1979
can the object fulfil the perceived needs
emergent behaviour
complex results emerge from simple rules that have no intention behind them
Tyrvainen 2014
3 walks (city, park, woods) larger positive impact in woods
restoration outcome scale- Korpela (2008)
Being in nature Leaves you feeling restored
savannah hypothesis who
Orions 1980 ,1986
savannah hypothesis what
human preference for tree shapes that gave shelter in early African savannah
Ulrich 1981
nature activates para sympathetic NS which reduces stress
Attention restoration theory who
Kaplan+ Kaplan 1989
Attention restoration theory what
exposure to nature can help wellbeing (depleted attention recovers, mental f atigue reduced)
critiques of attention restoration theory
improves all aspects of cognition not just attention , not comprehensive
action economy
we assess environments based on affordances - requires lot energy so hard to interact