Human Behavior

and
Built Environment

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 Introduction to Environment

 An interdisciplinary field focused on the interplay between

individuals and their surroundings.

 The field encompassing natural environments, social settings, built

environments, learning environments, and informational environments.

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 Environmental psychology
 A field of study that examines the interrelationship between
environments and human affect, cognition and behavior

 The field has always been concerned with both built and
natural environments

 The field connected to society in general, and the social

sciences in particular

 The field increased its focus on how humans affect, and

are affected by, natural environments.

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 human-environment interactions
 To Understand human behavior starts with understanding how people notice
the environment

 The field defines the term very broadly including all that is natural on the
planet as well as social settings, built environments, learning environments
and informational environments.

 Enhancing people’s capacity to voluntarily direct their attention is a major

factor in maintaining human effectiveness for their well-being.

 Preserving, restoring and creating a preferred environment are thought to

increase sense of well being and behavioral effectiveness in humans

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 The need to study
human-environment interactions
To in the pursuit of individual well-being within a larger society

solving problems whether global or local, one must have a model of

human nature that predicts the environmental conditions under which
humans will behave

To improve the quality of life through environmental policy, planning

and design

To understand the varied impact ranges from human factor studies

At Interior design scale to social geography and urban anthropology
studies at regional scale

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 Thank you
For Respecting Patience

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 Class Assignment

Define Environment and Environmental psychology

The need to study human-environment interactions.

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