Information Package / Course Catalogue
Environmental Psychology
Course Code: PSİ412
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

Provide a general perspective on social psychology and environmental psychology, the area of environmental psychology, subject, perspective, and aims to integrate the issues of the course content.

Course Content

The area of environmental psychology, subject, perspective, social psychology and environmental psychology; ecological responsibility; the perception and representation of the environment; cognitive mapping; personal space and interpersonal distance; selfing; privacy, privacy functions, territoriality; environmental stress, noise; intensity of experience; urban environments and features; privacy in the urban environment; participation in environmental policy, sustainable environment; environmental protection.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Hacer HARLAK
Learning Outcomes
1.Recognizes the basic theories and concepts of environmental psychology
2.Gain an overview of the relationship between environmental psychology and social psychology
3.Defines spatial use in relation to people's environment
4.Acquire a perspective that is sensitive to the environment
5.Search for solutions to environmental problems with the information gained from environmental psychology
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Çevre Psikolojisine Giriş, J. Morval (çev. N.Bilgin), Ege Ünv. Edebiyat Fak. yay. no:37, İzmir, 1985.
2.Eşya ve İnsan, N. Bilgin, Gündoğan yay., İstanbul, 1991.
3.Çevre Psikolojisi - İnsan Mekan İlişkileri Kitap Açıklaması, M. Göregenli, İstanbul Bilgi Ünv. Yayınları, 2010.
4.Çevre Psikolojisi İnsan-Doğa Etkileşimi ve Çevre Davranışı, G. Kıral Uçar ve D. Hasta (eds.), Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, 2020.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
The area of environmental psychology, subject, perspective
Week 2 - Theoretical
Social psychology and environmental psychology
Week 3 - Theoretical
Ecological responsibility
Week 4 - Theoretical
The perception and representation of the environment
Week 5 - Theoretical
Cognitive mapping
Week 6 - Theoretical
Personal space and interpersonal distance; selfing
Week 7 - Theoretical
Privacy, privacy functions
Week 8 - Theoretical
Territoriality
Week 9 - Theoretical
Environmental stress, noise
Week 10 - Theoretical
Experience of Intensity
Week 11 - Theoretical
Urban environments and features
Week 12 - Theoretical
Privacy in the urban environment
Week 13 - Theoretical
Participation in environmental policy
Week 14 - Theoretical
Sustainable environment; environmental protection
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142256
Assignment116117
Midterm Examination120121
Final Examination124125
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)119
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
PÇ-11
PÇ-12
PÇ-13
PÇ-14
OÇ-1
4
5
OÇ-2
4
5
5
OÇ-3
4
4
4
OÇ-4
4
OÇ-5
4
5
5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026