FSS:HEN627 Conservation psychology I - Course Information

HEN627 Conservation psychology I: Relationship toward nature and the environment

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 7 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

PhDr. Jan Krajhanzl, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. Mgr. Bohuslav Binka, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Bc. Petra Burišková
Supplier department: Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies

Timetable

Wed 25. 9. 12:00–15:40 U23, Wed 9. 10. 12:00–15:40 U23, Wed 23. 10. 12:00–15:40 U23, Wed 6. 11. 12:00–15:40 U23, Wed 20. 11. 12:00–15:40 U23, Wed 4. 12. 12:00–15:40 U23

Prerequisites (in Czech)

! ENSn4627 Ecopsychology &&!NOW( ENSn4627 Ecopsychology )

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-HE)
• Environmental Humanities (programme FSS, N-HE3)

Course objectives

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

• 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
• 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
• Identity and the natural environment : the psychological significance of nature. Edited by Susan Opotow - Susan D. Clayton. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2003, vi, 353. ISBN 0262532069. info
• GARDNER, Gerald T. and Paul C. STERN. Environmental problems and human behavior. 2nd ed. Boston: Pearson Custom Publishing, 2002, xv, 371. ISBN 0536686335. 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

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

1. Active participation (maximum 1 absence from 7 seminars; a oral agreement in a case of longer illness), 2. Readings as ongoing preparations for seminars, 3. Small test(s) during the semester (according to the situation), 4. Short essay, 5. Final written exam

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• ENSn4627 Ecopsychology I: Relationship to nature and the environment
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