FSS:ENSn4627 Ecopsychology - Course Information

ENSn4627 Ecopsychology I: Relationship to nature and the environment

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

PhDr. Jan Krajhanzl, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Karel Stibral, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. Mgr. Karel Stibral, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Kristína Markechová
Supplier department: Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies

Timetable

Thu 23. 9. 12:00–15:40 U43, Thu 7. 10. 12:00–15:40 U43, Thu 21. 10. 12:00–15:40 U43, Thu 4. 11. 12:00–15:40 U43, Thu 18. 11. 12:00–15:40 U43, Thu 2. 12. 12:00–15:40 U43

Prerequisites

! HEN627 Conservation psychology I &&!NOW( HEN627 Conservation psychology I )
None.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Environmental Studies (programme FSS, N-ENV)

Course objectives

The course "Conservation psychology I: Relationship toward nature and the environment" guides students through the most important areas in this field. We focus mainly on psychological aspects of contact with nature, environmental risk perception and motivations for proenvironmental behaviour. Students have a unique opportunity to study the roots of people’s experience and behaviour regarding the environment. The course includes both working with existing research and students’ own experience.

Learning outcomes

A. Students know the importance of psychological aspects of human-nature (environment) interactions. B. Students are familiar with theoretical and terminological basis of conservation psychology. C. Students are more sensible of people's experiences connected to relationship towards nature. D. Students can better analyze barriers and benefits which influence environmental behaviour and can also predict people's environmental behaviour. E. Students can apply acquired knowledge of environmental education, social marketing campaings and mass communication of environmental issues. F. Students can better understand their own relationships towards nature and environment.

Syllabus

• • 1.+2. How people experience contact with nature I. Variety of contact with nature. Adaptation to natural conditions. Profits from contact with nature vs. nature deficit disorder. • 3.+4. How people experience contact with nature II. Environmetal sensitivity. Wilderness effect. • 5.+6. How people perceive environmental problems? Risk assessment. Threatening emotions. Ego defenses. Coping strategies. • 7.+8. Why people don't behave proenvironmentally I. Motivations for environmental protection. Barriers and benefits of proenvironmental behaviour. The discrepancies among attitudes, values and behaviour. Tragedy of commons as a kind of social trap. • 9.+10. Why people don't behave proenvironmentally II. Applied behavioural analysis vs. models of proenvironmental behaviour (KAB, TPB, TRA, NAT, REB, VBN). • 11.+12. How to describe personal relationships towards nature and environment Characteristics of personal relationships towards nature. Environmental identity. Ecologist as a social role. • 13.+14. In conclusion: Additional information about the field of study Conservation psychology and ecopsychology in the Czech Republic. Environmental psychology. Important resources of information. Suggestions for further studies and activities.

Literature

recommended literature
• SCOTT, Britain A., Elise L. AMEL, Susan M. KOGER and Christie M. MANNING. Psychology for sustainability. 4th edition. New York: Routledge, 2016, xxv, 415. ISBN 9781848725805. info
• KRAJHANZL, Jan. Psychologie vztahu k přírodě a životnímu prostředí (Psychology of Relationship toward Nature and the Environment). Brno: Lipka, MUNI press, 2014, 200 pp. ISBN 978-80-87604-67-0. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CZ.MUNI.M210-7063-2014. kniha info
• Environmental psychology : an introduction. Edited by Linda Steg - A. E. van den Berg - Judith I. M. de Groot. First published. Chichester: BPS Blackwell, 2013, xxix, 376. ISBN 9780470976388. info
• KRAJHANZL, Jan. Dobře utajené emoce a problémy životního prostředí. 1. vyd. Brno: Lipka - školské zařízení pro environmentální vzdělávání, 2012, 34 s. ISBN 9788087604175. info
• The Oxford handbook of environmental and conservation psychology. Edited by Susan D. Clayton. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012, xix, 700. ISBN 9780199733026. info
• KOGER, Susan M. and Deborah Du Nann WINTER. The psychology of environmental problems : psychology for sustainability. 3rd ed. New York: Psychology Press, 2010, xxii, 482. ISBN 9781848728097. info
• CLAYTON, Susan D. and Gene MYERS. Conservation psychology : understanding and promoting human care for nature. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 2009, 253 s. ISBN 9781405176781. info
• Handbook of environmental psychology. Edited by Robert B. Bechtel - Arza Churchman. New York: J. Wiley & Sons, 2002, xiii, 722. ISBN 0471405949. info
• BELL, Paul A. Environmental psychology. 5th ed. Fort Worth, TX: Harcourt College Publishers, 2001, xvii, 634. ISBN 0155080644. info

not specified
• WINTER, Deborah Du Nann and Susan M. KOGER. Psychologie environmentálních problémů. Translated by Jiří Foltýn. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2009, 295 s. ISBN 9788073675936. info

Teaching methods

Presentations, problem tasks solving, experience sharing , discussions, model research from the field of conservation psychology, self-experiencing activities, individual readings and homework.

Assessment methods

Homeworks and final exam.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

• Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2021, recent)
  
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