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Obiettivi del corso:

 

Introdurre alla disciplina della psicologia ambientale, ai suoi concetti e metodi principali, ad esempi di ricerca e applicazione, anche in riferimento alla collaborazione interdisciplinare.

 

 

Descrizione dei contenuti:

 

Il corso ha l’obiettivo di estendere i concetti della psicologia sociale, occupandosi di quell’ambito della psicologia che è venuto delineandosi con la denominazione di psicologia ambientale. La psicologia ambientale si propone di comprendere le relazioni e le transazioni tra processi psicologici e aspetti dell’ambiente spazio-fisico, anche nelle sue componenti sociali. Particolare attenzione è rivolta ai luoghi nei quali si sviluppa la vita delle persone: la casa, il quartiere, la città, l’ufficio, la scuola, i parchi, i territori e gli ambienti di riferimento, le aree naturali. Il corso analizzerà i principali aspetti della psicologia ambientale: l’emergenza e le specificità della psicologia ambientale; gli sviluppi teorici, le metodologie e le principali problematiche oggetto di studio.

 

 

Competenze da sviluppare e Risultati di apprendimento attesi:

 

Lo studente dovrà imparare a individuare e analizzare le caratteristiche peculiari delle relazioni e transazioni che s'instaurano tra le persone e i luoghi; nonché avere conoscenza di alcune delle principali metodologie utilizzabili per studiare le relazioni tra persone e luoghi a scopo di ricerca scientifica o di applicazione.

Dopo la conclusione del corso, lo studente sarà in grado di padroneggiare i concetti essenziali riguardanti le relazioni tra i principali processi psicologici e diversi aspetti spazio-fisici di ambienti o luoghi di vita.

 

Valutazione finale:

 

Esame scritto con 31 domande a scelta multipla sui testi indicati: per ogni domanda vi sono quattro alternative di risposta, delle quali una sola esatta; ogni risposta esatta viene valutata un punto e non vi sono penalizzazioni per le risposte errate.

Gli studenti che partecipano a una o più delle eventuali attività pratiche durante il corso hanno diritto ai relativi aumenti di voto eventualmente previsti da tali attività rispetto al voto ottenuto nell’esame scritto, previa verifica del loro impegno durante le attività pratiche.

Slide ed esempi delle domande sono forniti nel corso delle lezioni e/o sulla pagina personale del docente sul sito e-learning: http://elearning2.uniroma1.it/course/index.php?categoryid=27.

Per altre informazioni cfr. anche la pagina del docente sul sito del Dipartimento: http://dip38.psi.uniroma1.it/dipartimento/persone/bonaiuto-marino.

 

Per prenotarsi all'esame occorre effettuare l'accesso tramite il sistema infostud (prenotazione e verbalizzazione elettronica). Le informazioni in merito a prenotazioni e risultati degli esami sono poi disponibili su:

http://www.psicologia1.uniroma1.it/static/didattica/IdDocente_305.shtml

 

 

Testi consigliati:

 

Susan Clayton (2012) (a cura di), The Oxford Handbook of Environmental and Conservation Psychology. New York: Oxford University Press.

 Verranno indicati solo alcuni capitoli. La scelta dei capitoli dipenderà dalla Laurea Magistrale di afferenza.

 

 

CAPITOLI DEL PROGRAMMA PER MAGISTRALE SCIENZE DELLA NATURA

 

  1. Introduction: Environmental and conservation psychology                                          10
  2. Foundations of an ecological approach to Psychology                                                   30
  3. Environmental perception: Wayfinding and spatial cognition                                      24
  4. Environmental attitudes                                                                                                    16
  5. Environmental values                                                                                                        12
  6. Justice and the allocation of natural resources                                                               20
  7. Children and nature                                                                                                                      15
  8. Emotions and environment                                                                                               20
  9. Place attachment                                                                                                                16
  10. Environment and identity                                                                                                 20
Cultural differences in environmental engagement                                                        22

200

 

18. Natural landscape                                                                                                              16

19. Extreme and Unusual environments                                                                                27

                                                                                                                                                   43

 

21. Response to environmental disaster                                                                                 23

22. Environmental injustice, collaborative action, and the inclusionary shift                    14

23. Therapeutic uses of nature                                                                                               17

24. Restorative environments                                                                                                  14

26. Environmental epiphanies                                                                                                24

27. The natural environment in residential settings                                                              18

                                                                                                                                                   110

 

28. The development of conservation behaviors in childhood and youth                           39

29. Promoting pro-environmental behavior                                                                          25

31. Collaborative processes in ecosystem management                                                        30

32. Learning our way out of unsustainability                                                                       17

33. Psychology and climate change                                                                                        28

                                                                                                                                                   139

 

TOTAL                                                                                                                                     492

 

Objectives of the course:

 

Introducing to environmental psychology, its main concepts and methods, as well as some research and application examples, with reference to interdisciplinary collaboration too.

 

  

Description of contents:

 

The course has the aim to extend social psychology concepts, in order to deal with the psychology domain of environmental psychology. Environmental psychology aims at comprehending relations and transactions between psychological processes and aspects of the spatial-physical, or social-physical, environment of the places where people life develops: home, neighbourhood, city, workplace, school, parks, reference territories and environments, natural areas. The course will analyze environmental psychology's main aspects: emergence and specificities of environmental psychology; theoretical developments, methodologies, and the main topics and problems which are its objects of study.

 

 

Skills to be developed and expected learning outcomes:

 

The student will have to learn how to identify and analyze the peculiar characteristics of the relationships and transactions which are created among persons and places; s/he will also have knowledge of some of the main methodologies to be used in the study of the relationships among persons and places, with either scientific or applied aims.

After the course end, the student will be able to master the essential concepts regarding the relationships among the main psychological processes and several spatial-physical aspects of the life environments or places.

 

 

CFU 

CONTACT HOURS

6

Lectures: 48

 

0

Practicals: 0

 

0

Fieldtrips: 0

 

 

Final evaluation:

 

Written examination via 31 questions with multiple choice answer format on the indicated textbook materials: for each question, four answer alternatives are given, only one being the correct alternative; each correct answer scores one point and no negative scores are given for wrong answers.

Students participating in possible practical activities during the lectures can gain extra-points allowing them to integrate the written examination score result, provided their commitment is certified by their active participation in the practical activities.

Slides and questions examples are given during the lectures and/or on the professor's relevant page on the e-learning web-site: http://elearning2.uniroma1.it/course/index.php?categoryid=27 .

Further info are available on the Professor's relevant page on his Department web-site: http://dip38.psi.uniroma1.it/dipartimento/persone/bonaiuto-marino .

 

 

Suggested textbooks:

 

Susan Clayton (2012) (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Environmental and Conservation Psychology. New York: Oxford University Press.

 

Only few chapters will be requested. Chapters' choice will depend upon a student's Master enrollment.

 

 

CHAPTERS PROGRAMME FOR SCIENZE DELLA NATURA MASTER COURSE

 

1.         Introduction: Environmental and conservation psychology                                          10

2.         Foundations of an ecological approach to Psychology                                                   30

3.         Environmental perception: Wayfinding and spatial cognition                                      24

4.         Environmental attitudes                                                                                                    16

5.         Environmental values                                                                                                        12

6.         Justice and the allocation of natural resources                                                               20

7.         Children and nature                                                                                                                      15

8.         Emotions and environment                                                                                               20

9.         Place attachment                                                                                                                16

10.       Environment and identity                                                                                                 20

11.       Cultural differences in environmental engagement                                                        22

200

 

18. Natural landscape                                                                                                                    16

19. Extreme and Unusual environments                                                                          27

                                                                                                                                                         43

 

21. Response to environmental disaster                                                                           23

22. Environmental injustice, collaborative action, and the inclusionary shift               14

23. Therapeutic uses of nature                                                                                                     17

24. Restorative environments                                                                                                        14

26. Environmental epiphanies                                                                                                      24

27. The natural environment in residential settings                                                                    18

                                                                                                                                                         110

 

28. The development of conservation behaviors in childhood and youth                                 39

29. Promoting pro-environmental behavior                                                                                25

31. Collaborative processes in ecosystem management                                                   30

32. Learning our way out of unsustainability                                                                             17

33. Psychology and climate change                                                                                              28

                                                                                                                                                         139

 

TOTAL                                                                                                                                           492