I Obiettivi del corso:
Introdurre alla disciplina
Descrizione dei contenuti:
Il corso ha l’obiettivo di
Competenze da sviluppare e Risultati di apprendimento attesi:
Lo studente dovrà imparare Dopo la conclusione del
Valutazione finale:
Esame scritto con 31 Gli studenti che Slide ed esempi delle Per altre informazioni
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Testi consigliati:
Susan Clayton (2012) (a cura di), The Oxford Handbook of Environmental and Verranno indicati solo
CAPITOLI DEL PROGRAMMA PER MAGISTRALE SCIENZE DELLA NATURA
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 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
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0 | Practicals: 0
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0 | Fieldtrips: 0
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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
- Teacher: MARINO Bonaiuto