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Environmental psychology is essentially the core of the disciplinary major, environmental studies: it is the field dedicated to the analysis of the interplay between human beings and their surrounding environments, including natural, social, and learning environments. Factors that can influence the reactions associated with various environments include everything and anything from the color of the walls and pieces of furniture; to how hot or cold the area is; to how much sunlight is let in. Each aspect, no matter how miniscule, plays an important role in how comfortable a person is in his or her living, learning, and working spaces. Accordingly, environmental psychology is most often applied by professional designers, such as architects and urban planners, who are attempting to create an environment that is both effective and inviting for those who exist within it. For example, city officials have recently begun to commission pieces of large-scale street art to be placed throughout the busiest areas so that all citizens can enjoy them; couples wishing to sell or improve upon their homes hire an interior designer to aid in "maximizing the potential" of each room. The tiniest details can greatly influence one’s reaction to surrounding environments; environmental psychology studies and alters these details to provide the best, most effective, and most comfortable outcomes.
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☼ - Tonello, G. "Seasonal affective disorder: Lighting research and Environmental psychology." Lighting Research & Technology 40.2 (2008): 103-110. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 11 Oct. 2011.
Article Summary: This article examines the effects of indoor lighting on people diagnosed with Seasonal Affective Disorder, a depression that reoccurs with the change of seasons. Its author, G. Tonello, suggests that professional designers, such as architects and engineers, ought to focus on the effects that natural light, throughout ALL seasons, has on a building's occupants, and take those effects into consideration when installing lighting systems.
☼ - Stewart, Alan E. "Individual Psychology and Environmental Psychology." Journal of Individual Psychology 63.1 (2007): 67-85. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 11 Oct. 2011.
☼ - DAVID MELLOR, et al. "Environmental mastery and depression in older adults in residential care." Ageing & Society 31.5 (2011): 870-884. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 11 Oct. 2011.
☼ - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_psychology
Wikipedia's article on environmental psychology.
Wikipedia's article on environmental psychology.
☼ - http://environmentpsychology.com/
An entire website dedicated to the ways in which an ordinary person can improve his or her living space.
An entire website dedicated to the ways in which an ordinary person can improve his or her living space.
☼ - http://www.psychology4all.com/EnvironmentalPsychology.htm
Psychology4all's in-depth description of environmental psychology, including its various concepts and influences.
Psychology4all's in-depth description of environmental psychology, including its various concepts and influences.
☼ - http://sensingarchitecture.com/1456/environmental-psychology-what-every-architect-should-ask-themselves/
An interesting article on how important a role environmental psychology plays in the field of architecture.
An interesting article on how important a role environmental psychology plays in the field of architecture.
The IAAP's (International Association of Applied Psychology's) list of published, academic journals about environmental psychology.
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