Course Objectives: |
The aim of this course is to study the interactions between human and his environment, to promote the role of the environment in everyday life, to examine the field of environmental psychology, its major concepts, theories and methods, to study the effects of physical and social environment on human psychology, to interpret the effects of physical, chemical, biological and social environment surrounding human on the health, to focus on the importance of environment for life and, to gain environmental sensitivity. |
Course Content: |
The aim of this course is to study the interactions between human and his environment, to promote the role of the environment in everyday life, to examine the field of environmental psychology, its major concepts, theories and methods, to study the effects of physical and social environment on human psychology, to interpret the effects of physical, chemical, biological and social environment surrounding human on the health, to focus on the importance of environment for life and, to gain environmental sensitivity. |
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Subject |
Related Preparation |
1) |
Human-environment relations in terms of environmental psychology
Basic principles of environmental psychology |
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2) |
History of environmental psychology |
Reading required materials |
3) |
Perception and representation of the environment |
Reading the required materials |
4) |
The physical, chemical and biological environment surrounding humans |
Reading the required materials |
5) |
Noise |
Reading the required materials |
6) |
Air pollution |
Reading the required materials |
7) |
• Stress |
Reading the required materials |
8) |
Social environment |
Reading the required materials |
9) |
• Environment and personality |
Reading the required materials |
10) |
• Privacy and related theories, factors |
Reading the required materials |
11) |
• Personal space and spatiality |
Reading the required materials |
12) |
• Home and residential environments |
Reading the required materials |
13) |
• Loyalty to place and place identity |
Reading the required materials |
14) |
• Environmental design process |
Reading the required materials |
15) |
Final Exam |
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Course Notes / Textbooks: |
• Melek Göregenli “Çevre psikolojisi” Bilgi iletişim grubu yayıncılık 2010
• Göregenli, M. (2005). Çevre Psikolojisinde temel konular. İzmir, Ege Üniversitesi basımevi, Ege Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Yayınları No:130.
• Kağıtçıbaşı, Ç.(2001). Yeni İnsan ve insanlar, Sosyal Psikolojiye Giriş. Evrim Yayınevi, Sosyal Psikoloji dizisi:1, İst.Yayınları, No:48.
• Kışlalıoğlu, M. ve Berkes, F. (1999). Çevre ve Ekoloji. İstanbul: Remzi Kitapevi.
• Nihat Şişi (1999) “Ekoloji” Ankara Gazi kitapevi
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References: |
• Melek Göregenli “Çevre psikolojisi” Bilgi iletişim grubu yayıncılık 2010
• Göregenli, M. (2005). Çevre Psikolojisinde temel konular. İzmir, Ege Üniversitesi basımevi, Ege Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Yayınları No:130.
• Kağıtçıbaşı, Ç.(2001). Yeni İnsan ve insanlar, Sosyal Psikolojiye Giriş. Evrim Yayınevi, Sosyal Psikoloji dizisi:1, İst.Yayınları, No:48.
• Kışlalıoğlu, M. ve Berkes, F. (1999). Çevre ve Ekoloji. İstanbul: Remzi Kitapevi.
• Nihat Şişi (1999) “Ekoloji” Ankara Gazi kitapevi
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
1) |
- Gaining discursive, theoretical and factual information from various environments, in local, national and global context for related field, architectural design/ planning/ design activities and researches, she has required ability and comprehension to reflect the information on academic environment. |
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2) |
- Has intellectual, discursive, scientific, technologic, esthetic, artistic, historic and cultural information and comprehension about related field. |
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3) |
- Has knowledge and understanding on human and community oriented and sensitive to environment (natural and built) architectural design/ planning/ design/ research methods on the related field. |
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4) |
- Has multidimensional knowledge and understanding on economics, topics related to disasters and environmental and societal sustainability principles and standards. |
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5) |
- They have knowledge about the principles, laws, regulations and standards related to their field. |
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6) |
- Has knowledge and understanding about institutional and ethical values related to the concerned field. |
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7) |
- Has knowledge and understanding about the place / importance of the related field in its historical, geographical, social and cultural context. |
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8) |
- Has ability to develop concepts in architectural design/ planning/ design fields. |
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9) |
- Has ability to provide integrity between discourse, theory and practise for architectural design / planning / design activities and researches. |
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10) |
- Has ability to identify facts, potential, problems and required researches for these in architectural design/ planning/ design issues. |
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