B015657 - ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

Italian

Areas of investigation and research of environmental psychology. The people-environment (real and virtual) and people-nature relationship from a complex perspective. Psycho-social issues and problems related to population growth, globalization, urbanization, technological progress, lifestyles, policies for environmental management, civil and international conflicts, and climate change.

Steg, L., Van den Berg, A. E. & De Groot, J.I.M. (2013). Manuale di psicologia ambientale e dei comportamenti ecologici. Milano: FS (FerrariSinibaldi).

Costa, M. (2013). Psicologia ambientale e architettonica. Come l'ambiente e l'architettura influenzano la mente e il comportamento. Milano: Franco Angeli.

Fuligni, P. & Rognini, P. (2007). La metropoli umana. Milano: Franco Angeli.

Suggested readings:
Barbiero, G. (2017). Ecologia affettiva. Milano: Mondadori.
Inghilleri, P. (2021). I luoghi che curano. Milano: Raffaello Cortina.
Clinton, A., Dixon, B. & Morrissey, T. (Eds) (2022). Climate Action and Global Psychology. Wellington: The New Zealand Psychological Society

The course aims to promote:
- The knowledge of the areas of investigation of environmental psychology, of its theoretical and methodological approaches and of its application areas;
- The understanding of main psychological issues and problems related to the philosophies and policies for the management of environmental resources in the contemporary globalized world;
- Critical reflection on issues and problems related to environmental quality, and awareness of their relevance;
- Competence in the application of methodologies for the detection and management of ecological and environmental issues from a complex psychological-social perspective;
- The ability to deepen the subject autonomously and to transmit useful knowledge, to propose effective initiatives and to prospect hypotheses of psychological and social interventions aimed both at promoting responsible pro-environmental behaviors, and at primary, secondary and tertiary prevention of (individual and collective) harmful habits and attitudes, to the physical, social, cultural and ecological environment.

Basic psychological knowledges, in particular about Social Psychology

Lectures, seminars, presentations, exercises and group discussions.
Use of audio-visual material.

There are no program differences between attending and non-attending students.

Oral examinations.

The relationship between humans and environment (real and virtual) from a complex psychological point of view: cognitive, emotional, affective, symbolic, relational, identitarian, evaluative, normative, behavioral aspects.
Theoretical and methodological approaches and main application areas of environmental psychology. Psychological and social issues and problems related to environmental crisis and resource management philosophies and policies in the contemporary globalized world.
Perception, awareness and implications of environmental quality.
The architectural psychology and its applications (reading and design of landscapes, and of residential, work, education, prisons, care, worship, recreation, exposure places).
Personal space, territoriality and population increase.
Environmental stress and restorativeness. Affordances, architectural barriers and prosthetic environments.
The primary, secondary and tertiary habits and attitudes, individual and collective, harmful to the environment on the physical, social, cultural and ecological level. The promotion of healthy and pro-environmental behaviors.

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