Psychology in Architecture - APS300400

• Title: Psychology in Architecture
• Guaranteed by: Department of Psychology (21-KPS)
• Faculty: Faculty of Arts
• Actual: from 2024
• Semester: summer
• Points: 3
• E-Credits: 3
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:1/1, C [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (15)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Is provided by: APS300400E
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: Richard Jedon
• Class: Exchange - 14.4 Psychology and Behav. Sciences

Course completion requirements

1. Semestral tasks:

a) Group presentation

b) Participation in a group debate

2. Final individual project: application on selected environment

Last update: Dragomirecká Eva, PhDr., Ph.D. (21.10.2024)

Syllabus

Introduction, History of architectural psychology

Neuroscience and experimental aesthetics, relevant subdisciplines and sciences

Research methods

Environmental perception

Emotion: Place attachment

Behaviour: Crowding, Privacy, Personal space

Environmental stress

Case study: environment and sense of safety

Future directions of architectural psychology

Architectural psychologist in practice

Last update: Dragomirecká Eva, PhDr., Ph.D. (21.10.2024)