Psychology 2990A/B Lecture 10: Lecture 10 for final - Environmental Psychology.docx

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2990A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

Document Summary

Lecture 4: defining environmental psychology and understanding social dilemmas. The effects of environments on people: natural environments (e. g. , effect of natural green space on our physical health, built environments, noise and pollution. Lighting; classroom seating: windows in offices and hospital rooms, design of maps in public buildings. Usability of things (see last lecture: social environments (presence of other people). E. g. : crowding and stress, personal space, privacy, territoriality, b. Applications of psychology: q2: how can we change their behaviour, answer: it"s a classic social dilemma . Part 1: a two-person dilemma the prisoner"s dilemma . 2 men arrested for armed robbery (20 years: prosecutor needs confession to convict, so. , prisoners separated and offered choice: Choice: confess or stay silent: consequences of their decision depend on what other prisoner does. The payoff matrix (on owl: a mixed motive conflict: the best possible joint outcome (1 year in jail) is not the best outcome for each individual (no jail).