Environmental psychology: Difference between revisions

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Environmental psychology can mean one of two related things:

1) An interdisciplinary field focused on the interplay between humans and their surroundings.

Various researchers have also termed this environmental social sciences, architectural psychology, socio-architecture, ecological psychology, ecopsychology, behavioral geography, environment-behavior studies, person-environment studies, environmental sociology, social ecology, and environmental design research.

This definition is an important field of study for good design of the built environment and urban planning.

2) The relationship between people's psychology, and their behavior in terms of sustainability.^{[verification needed]}

This is an unusual use of the term - choosing another term would be desirable for clarity.

This subject is discussed at the Appropedia page on Psychology.

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External links[edit | edit source]

wikipedia:Environmental psychology

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-'''Environmental psychology''' can mean one of two related things:
+[[File:Children at a World Wildlife Fund for Nature camp in Tuscany, Italy - 20060615.jpg|thumb]]
-) An interdisciplinary field focused on the interplay between humans and their surroundings. By various researchers, this has also been termed environmental social sciences, architectural psychology, socio-architecture, ecological psychology, ecopsychology, behavioral geography, environment-behavior studies, person-environment studies, environmental sociology, social ecology, and environmental design research.
+'''Environmental psychology''' can mean one of two related things:
-) The relationship between people's psychology, and their behavior in terms of [[sustainability]].<ref>The first is Wikipedia's definition, but I believe it's used in the other sense too. --Chriswaterguy. </ref>{{fact}} This is a more fringe use, and choosing another term would be desirable.
+''1) An interdisciplinary field focused on the interplay between humans and their surroundings.''
-The first definition is an important field of study for good [[design]] of the [[built environment]] and [[urban planning]].
+Various researchers have also termed this environmental social sciences, architectural psychology, socio-architecture, ecological psychology, ecopsychology, behavioral geography, environment-behavior studies, person-environment studies, environmental sociology, social ecology, and environmental design research.
-The second definition is essential for planning any [[campaign]] or other action to promote sustainability.
+This definition is an important field of study for good [[design]] of the [[built environment]] and [[urban planning]].
-==Examples==
+''2) The relationship between people's psychology, and their behavior in terms of [[sustainability]].''{{Verification needed}}
-A study/case study found that a sign encouraging recycling had a dramatically different effect depending on the wording. "Please recycle" of had a modest effect - some people recycled, but many didn't. "We recycle" resulted in a much greater proportion of recycling.{{fact}}{{expand}}
+This is an unusual use of the term - choosing another term would be desirable for clarity.
-==Notes==
+This subject is discussed at the Appropedia page on '''[[Psychology]]'''.
-<small><references/></small>
+== Notes ==
-{{stub}}
+<references />
-== Interwiki links ==
+== External links ==
-* [[wikipedia:Ecopsychology]]
 * [[wikipedia:Environmental psychology]]
-[[Category: Human behavior]]
+{{Page data}}
-[[category: Sustainability]]
+[[Category:Psychology]]
+[[Category:Sustainability]]