M3: Environmental Psychology Flashcards
They describe environmental psychology as an interdisciplinary study of “human behavior and well-being in relation to the socio-physical environment” (p. 1).
Stokols and Altman (1987)
Other researchers and practitioners have focused on __________ in architecture, geography, public health, sociology, and urban planning.
person-environment interactions
This diversity of disciplinary interest has led to the growth of a broad-based field that includes the study of (1) ______, (2) ______, (3) ______, (4) ______ in various environments, including schools, residences, workplaces, the natural environment, and extreme and unusual locales (such as deserts or the Arctic).
- spatial behavior
- crowding
- stress
- territoriality
Many researchers have studied various applications of environmental psychology in such areas as conserving _________ and encouraging ________.
resources ; recycling
3 Methodological Problems
- Generality of Results
- Laboratory vs Field Experiments
- Ethical Issues
Guess the type of methodological problem:
Cohen, Glass, & Singer’s 1973 study revealed that children living on lower floors of an apartment building over a busy freeway were poorer readers than those living higher up, due to less intense traffic noise. As a result of this study, the building occupants demanded that a roof be built over the freeway.
Generality of Results
(Cohen and his colleagues demonstrated that investigators must demonstrate that their data’s conclusions can be meaningfully generalized)
Experimental psychologists are most likely to approach problems with ____________.
laboratory experiments
Environmental psychologists generally prefer ________.
field studies
It replaces true experiments
Quasi-experiments
Environmental psychologists face a third challenge, which may be more challenging than other researchers, which is __________ in research.
ethical issues
Guess the type of methodological problem:
The scientist has a responsibility to ensure that individuals are not harmed in the search for knowledge.
Ethical Issues
A subfield of psychology that deals with how people interact and engage with their surroundings.
Environmental psychology
According to name, year, environmental psychology is: Its roots reach far back, but as an established field it is relatively young.
Spencer & Gee, 2009
You could say that environmental psychology started all the way back in the __________.
late 1200s
As experts __________ and ________ explain: “In 1272, Marco Polo observed the good, humble, helpful, and peaceable people of Kerman, while their neighboring Persia was wicked, treacherous, and murderous. The king of Kerman, influenced by his wise men, ordered the use of soil from Isfahan to cover his banqueting hall floors and carpets. As the next banquet began, guests began offending each other and wounding one another, leading the king to declare that the answer to the problem lay in the soil.”
Christopher Spencer and Kate Gee
