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This book consists of articles from Wikia or other free sources online. Pages: 54. Chapters: Ecopsychology, Environment, Environmental factors, Biophilia hypothesis, Conservation, Deep ecology, Ecotherapy, Environmental factors, Environmental psychology, Healing environments, Human ecology, Outdoor education, Over-illumination, Psychological aspects of water, Tragedy of the commons, Transpersonal ecology, Wilderness experience, Environmental adaptation, Environmental attitudes, Environmental education, Environmental effects, Environmental health, Environmental impact assessment, Environmental stress, Environment, Facility environments, Female only environments, Global psychology, Human ecology, Male only environments, Natural environment, Person environment fit, Psychogeography, Quality of life, School environment, Social impact assessment, Therapeutic environment, Working space, Pollution, Aerotoxic syndrome, Atmospheric conditions, Behavioral geography, Behavior settings, Ecological psychology, Edward T. Hall, Neuroplastic effects of pollution, Noise pollution, Proxemics, Psychology of art, Rachel and Stephen Kaplan, Robert Sommer, Roger Barker, Roger G. Barker, Sick building syndrome, Socio-architecture. Excerpt: The biophilia hypothesis suggests that there is an instinctive bond between humans beings and other living systems. Edward O. Wilson introduced and popularized the hypothesis in his book entitled Biophilia. The term “biophilia” literally means “love of life or living systems.” It was first used by Erich Fromm to describe a psychological orientation of being attracted to all that is alive and vital. Wilson uses the term in the same sense when he suggests that biophilia describes “the connections that human beings subconsciously seek with the rest of life. He proposed the possibility that the deep affiliations humans have with nature are rooted in our biology. Unlike phobias, which are the aversions and fears that people have of things in the…

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ISBN: 1234802767
Language: English
Pages: 56