To define environmental psychology I would first define the words environment and psychology separately. The environment is best described as the world around you, your home, your city, your country, and even your perception of earth. Psychology is the study of human mental processes and human emotions. Scientists study the human brain and aspects of communication to interpret the way people feel and think both within themselves and as they interact with one another.
I would define environmental psychology as the analysis of individuals and how their environment, or the world surrounding them, affects their emotions and mental processes and how they in turn affect the environment. An important milestone in the development of environmental psychology is the distinction between man made environment and the natural environment. The differentiation between man made environments and the natural environment determine whether an environment requires preservation such as a wildlife reserve or merely spatial recognition and maintenance such as a private garden.
Moser (2003) wrote: “the distinction between built and natural environments makes it possible to take into account different levels of analysis” (para. 8).
I chose to discuss this milestone because I believe that in our comprehension of our environment we can better understand how to care for our environment and in turn how the environment affects us. Our environment affects us both physically and mentally in both natural and built environments. Determining the cause and effect of certain environmental stimuli can greatly aid in our studies on human development.
The Term Paper on “A Study on the Relationship between Overpopulation and Depletion of Natural Resources that Affects the Economic Status of the Philippines”
In the year 1990, there were approximately 60.70 million people living in the Philippines. Population increased from 1990 to 2000 by approximately 15.81 million people. In 2012, the Philippines total reaches 103.78 million compared to the 2000 population of 81.16 million. The size of the human population is changing at an extremely high rate in the last years which makes the state the 12th most ...
