Environmental Psychology

Question 1

What is Environmental Psychology?

Answer 1

• Environmental psychology is the discipline that examines the interaction between individuals and their built and natural surroundings.
• It focuses on how individuals influence their environment and, in turn, how the environment shapes their behavior and experiences.

Question 2

Goals of Environment Psychology

Answer 2

• To understand person-environment transactions
• To utilize this knowledge to solve a wide variety of issues.

Question 3

Principles of Environmental Psychology

Answer 3

• Environmental psychology is ultimately capable of improving the built environment and the stewardship of natural resources. (This is the altruistic motive of environmental psychology.)
• It is carried out in everyday settings (or in close simulations of them).
• It considers the person and the setting as a holistic entity. (This suggests that the complexity of interesting. The person and the environment are seen as a singular entity, and one cannot exist without the other.)
• It recognizes that individuals actively cope with and shape settings, rather than passively absorb environmental forces. (This suggests that people continuously transform the environment.)
• It is often performed in conjunction with other disciplines.