Jul 04, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
[Archived Catalog]
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PSY 3810 - Environmental Psychology
Natural and built environments as factors of human behavior, cognition, and choice. Research concerning environmental design and evaluation from psychological standpoint emphasized.
Requisites: 7 Hours in PSY including 101D or 1010
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will be able to apply psychological theories and/or perspectives to gain knowledge on why humans behave the way they do towards the environment.
- Students will be able to discuss how the environment has affected and continues to affect one.
- Students will be able to analyze the history and scope of environmental psychology.
- Students will be able to describe our relationship with the environment (both natural and human-made) through a review of relevant research from the behavioral and social sciences.
- Students will be able to explain the complexity of destructive ecological trends and role of behavioral science in addressing these trends.
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