Psychology (PSYC) 432
Psychology and the Built Environment

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Overview

This course examines the transactions between people and their everyday physical environment. Topics include environmental perception and cognition, environmental stressors such as noise, spatial behaviour such as personal space and territoriality, physical settings where we live, work, and learn, and designing for more fitting environments.

Outline

• Unit 1 Introduction
• Unit 2 Environmental Perception and Cognition
• Unit 3 Ambient Environments
• Unit 4 Personal Space and Territoriality
• Unit 5 Privacy and Crowding
• Unit 6 Our Residences
• Unit 7 Our Communities
• Unit 8 Our Schools
• Unit 9 Our Workplaces
• Unit 10 Designing More Fitting Environments

Evaluation

To receive credit for PSYC 432, students must achieve a composite course grade of at least "D" (50 percent) and a grade of at least 50 percent on the final examination. The weighting of assignments is as follows:

Written Exercise	Two Quizzes	Course Project	Final Exam	Total
10%	15%	35%	40%	100%

Course Materials

Textbooks

Gifford, R. (1997). Environmental psychology: Principles and practice (2nd ed.). Toronto: Allyn and Bacon.

Krupat, W. (1985). People in cities: The urban environment and its effects. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Other Material

Course materials include study guide, student manual, reading file, and forms.

Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice.
Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their individualized-study counterparts.


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