47 research outputs found
Things and Places: The Meaning of the Physical Environment from an Environmental Psychology and Environmental Communication Perspective
According to environmental psychology, in the process of behaviour physical environment is man’s companion, equal partner, which, together with the internal psychological processes and in interaction (transaction) with these, partakes in the behavioural process. This standpoint makes it possible to raise quite a few questions, psychological in nature, about humans acting in a built/physical and natural environment, starting from this psychologically unusual set-off. These questions can (or for the most part can) be answered with psychological tools – “only” the man-environment transaction must be taken seriously, both from theoretical and practical perspective
Can the Office Environment Be a Motivator? What Makes a Good Enough Working Environment on the Eve of 2020?
A well-designed office environment is often touted as a key motivator nowdays, although it is not entirely clear how to use it consciously. Our goal was to understand the role of the physical environment in new generation offices and whether it can be a motivator at all. We asked open-office employees to describe the three main criteria of an excellent work environment. We analyzed 509 participants' 1456 answers and classified them into 146 content codes. These content codes were further categorized based on whether they refer to the physical or/and the social environment, as well as along the eight needs Maslow described. 82.07 % of the answers referred to the physical environment, ambient stimuli dominated the sample with 324 mentions under 6 content codes (eg.: bright (128), quiet (69)). The majority (55.59 %) of the responses could be categorized under Maslow’s safety needs, but 14.15 % of them referred to one of Maslow’s growth needs (eg.: plants (26), decoration (21)). Using the intersection of Maslow's and Herzberg's theory, we argue that certain physical environmental aspects can be considered as a hygiene factor, some of them as a motivator. And some of them as both meaning some aspects can be considered on more level from an emotional-motivational perspective. Planning an office is not just an architectural question, but a psychological one as well. In order to design human-focused work places we need to understand the exact role and the layering of the physical environmental aspects
A környezetpszichológiától az ember-környezet tranzakció tudományig - áttekintés az elmúlt (majdnem) 30 évről
A környezetpszicholĂłgia az 1960-70-es Ă©vekben az USA-ban Ă©s Kanadában alakult ki. A terĂĽletnek Magyarországon - a jelen összefoglalĂł Ărásának idejĂ©n - mintegy kĂ©t Ă©s fĂ©l Ă©vtizedes mĂşltja van. A hazai környezetpszicholĂłgia alapĂ©s alkalmazott kutatásokkal indult az 1990-es Ă©vek közepĂ©n a tĂ©ma transzdiszciplináris, ember-környezet kölcsönhatást hangsĂşlyozĂł szemlĂ©letĂ©bĹ‘l adĂłdĂłan folyamatosan szorosan egyĂĽttműködve az Ă©pĂtĂ©szettel, illetve a környezettervezĂ©ssel Ă©s -alakĂtással, a geográfiával, illetve kĂ©sĹ‘bb a tájĂ©pĂtĂ©szettel. Az itthoni környezetpszicholĂłgia - a nemzetközi viszonyokhoz hasonlĂłan - rĂ©szben önállĂł pszicholĂłgiai terĂĽlet, rĂ©szben az Ă©pĂtĂ©szet Ă©s a környezettervezĹ‘ tudományok társtudománya, illetve mediátorkĂ©nt működik a laikus környezethasználĂłk Ă©s a tervezĹ‘k között. Az elmĂşlt kĂ©t Ă©s fĂ©l Ă©vtized a terĂĽlet tĂ©rnyerĂ©sĂ©nek Ă©s megerĹ‘södĂ©sĂ©nek folyamata volt Magyarországon, amit az intĂ©zmĂ©nyesĂĽlĂ©s lĂ©pĂ©sei is tĂĽkröznek. 2021-ben alakult meg az ELTE PedagĂłgiai Ă©s PszicholĂłgiai Karán az Ember-Környezet TranzakciĂł IntĂ©zet (EKTI), amely feladatának tekinti a magyarországi - immár ember-környezet tranzakciĂł tudománnyá szĂ©lesedett - környezetpszicholĂłgia oktatását, kutatását Ă©s az ezen a terĂĽleten zajlĂł projektek kezdemĂ©nyezĂ©sĂ©t, koordinálását a fenntarthatĂłság, az Ă©pĂtett/termĂ©szeti/virtuális környezetek pszicholĂłgiája Ă©s az ember Ă©s környezete kölcsönkapcsolat mediálása terĂ©n. A tanulmányban áttekintjĂĽk a hazai környezetpszicholĂłgia kialakulásának törtĂ©netĂ©t Ă©s nĂ©hány kutatási terĂĽletĂ©t (környezeti egĂ©szsĂ©gpszicholĂłgia, laikusok Ă©s szakĂ©rtĹ‘k környezeti kompetenciája, helyjelentĂ©s, mentális tĂ©rkĂ©pezĂ©s, helykötĹ‘dĂ©s Ă©s helyvesztesĂ©g, helyidentitás, pro-environmentális megközelĂtĂ©s a környezetpszicholĂłgiában).
Environmental psychology developed in the United States and Canada in the 1960s and 1970s. The area in Hungary - at the time of writing this summary - has a history ofabout two and a half decades. Hungarian environmental psychology started with basic and applied research in the mid-1990s. Due to the transdisciplinary approach of environmental psychology, emphasizing human-environment interaction, it works in continuous cooperation with architecture, environmental design, geography and later with landscape architecture. On one hand, Hungarian environmental psychology, similarly to international situation, is an independent field of psychology. On the other hand, it is a co-science ofarchitecture and environmental design and acts as a mediator in interactions between lay users and designers. The last two and a half decades have been a process of gaining and strengthening of the area in Hungary, which is also reflected in the steps of institutionalization. In 2021, the Institute of Human-Environmental Transaction (EKTI) was established at the Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, which considers its main tasks and missions to teach environmental psychology and doing people-environment transaction research in Hungary. Working on environmental psychological projects, science ofenvironmental psychology has now expanded into the science ofhuman-environment transactions with important aims and tasks to initiate and coordinate projects in the fields ofsustainability, the psychology of built / natural / virtual environments and human-environment interactions. In this review, the history of the development of environmental psychology in Hungary and some of its research areas (environmental health psychology, environmental competence of lay people vs. experts, mental mapping, place attachment and loss of place, place identity, and pro-environmental approach) are presented
A munkahelykötődés és a munkaállomás-kötődés konstruktumainak mérése és gyakorlati relevanciája
Inside the Mind and Heart of Homo aedificator : Towards Revealing the Psychological Meaning of Historic Buildings and Sites = Hogyan észleli környezetét a Homo aedificator? : A műemlékek pszichológiai jelentésének feltárása felé
While the reasons that lead to the current crisis of the heritage preservation sector in Hungary are manifold, it is worth looking into what might be done to draw attention to some issues that may help consolidate the ground of common values; the foundation, upon which a meaningful dialogue can be constructed, leading to the appreciation of and willingness to care for the historic environment by all actors. There seems to be a hidden conflict between the values of conservation experts and those of laypeople. Possessing thorough knowledge about the nature of historical and architectural values and trained to easily identify these, we are bound to focus more on people, their meanings and values. Much can be learned from pervious, human-centred architectural theory and practice, some of which are reviewed in the study, with special attention to the work of Gyula HajnĂłczi. Referring to his space theory and ideas about the perception of space, we are especially grateful for his term homo aedificator suggesting that architecture satisfies material and spiritual needs universal to all human beings. Recognizing the challenges that stem from the differences between architects and non-architects, and likewise, heritage professionals and laypeople, the concepts of environmental psychology can help us show the way to universal values. We look into the method of the semantic differential scale to identify the affective meanings of built historic environments. The first steps of an empirical psychological research allow us to see into the minds and hearts of heritage professionals by assessing how they qualify the subject of their daily expertise. While these preliminary results are definitely intriguing, shedding light on how professionals tend to give meaning, our research continues with the aim to reveal the attitudes and meanings people associate with built historic heritage and find viable tools to mitigate the discrepancies between the profession and the general public.
Miközben a magyarországi műemlĂ©kvĂ©delem jelenlegi válságának számos oka lehet, Ă©rdemes figyelmet fordĂtanunk arra, hogy mit tehetĂĽnk azĂ©rt, hogy megerĹ‘sĂtsĂĽk a közös Ă©rtĂ©kek talaját; azt az alapot, amire olyan Ă©rtelmes párbeszĂ©deket Ă©pĂthetĂĽnk, melyek a törtĂ©neti környezet Ă©rtĂ©kelĂ©se Ă©s törĹ‘dĂ©se iránti hajlandĂłsághoz vezetnek. Egyre gyakrabban ĂĽti fel a fejĂ©t az a rejtett ellentĂ©t, ami a műemlĂ©kes szakĂ©rtĹ‘k Ă©s a laikusok Ă©rtĂ©kei között feszĂĽl. SzakĂ©rtĹ‘kĂ©nt, átfogĂł ismerettel a törtĂ©neti Ă©s Ă©pĂtĂ©szeti Ă©rtĂ©kekrĹ‘l, melyeket megtanultunk könnyen azonosĂtani, hasznos lehet a figyelmĂĽnket az emberekre, az Ĺ‘ jelentĂ©sadásaikra Ă©s Ă©rtĂ©keikre fordĂtanunk. Sokat okulhatunk a korábbi, emberközpontĂş Ă©pĂtĂ©szetelmĂ©leti Ă©s gyakorlati pĂ©ldákbĂłl, melyek közĂĽl nĂ©hányat tanulmányunkban áttekintĂĽnk, kiemelve HajnĂłczi Gyula munkásságát. TĂ©relmĂ©letĂ©re Ă©s tĂ©rĂ©szlelĂ©si gondolataira hivatkozva, kĂĽlönösen hálásak vagyunk a homo aedificator fogalmáért, utalva arra, hogy az Ă©pĂtĂ©szet minden emberi lĂ©ny anyagi Ă©s szellemi igĂ©nyeit kielĂ©gĂti. Felismerve az Ă©pĂtĂ©sz–nemĂ©pĂtĂ©sz Ă©s ehhez hasonlĂłan a műemlĂ©kes szakember–laikus közötti kĂĽlönbözĹ‘sĂ©gek kihĂvásait, a környezetpszicholĂłgia segĂthet az univerzális Ă©rtĂ©kek felĂ© vezetĹ‘ Ăşt megtalálásában. A szemantikus differenciál mĂłdszerĂ©t hĂvjuk segĂtsĂ©gĂĽl az Ă©pĂtett törtĂ©neti környezet Ă©rzelmi jelentĂ©sĂ©nek feltárására. Empirikus kutatásunk elsĹ‘ lĂ©pĂ©seivel betekintĂ©st nyerĂĽnk a műemlĂ©kes szakemberek vĂ©lekedĂ©seibe, pontosabban abba, hogy hogyan minĹ‘sĂtik szakĂ©rtelmĂĽk tárgyát. Bár már ezek az elĹ‘zetes eredmĂ©nyek is – melyek rávilágĂtanak arra, hogy a szakemberek hogyan Ă©rtelmezik a műemlĂ©keket – Ă©rdekesek lehetnek, kutatásunk azzal a cĂ©llal folytatĂłdik, hogy általánosságban feltárjuk az emberek vĂ©lekedĂ©seit Ă©s a törtĂ©neti Ă©pĂĽleteknek tulajdonĂtott jelentĂ©seket. EredmĂ©nyeinkkel használhatĂł eszközöket kĂvánunk nyĂşjtani a szakmabeliek Ă©s a laikusok közötti ellentĂ©tek feloldására