Essays about: "ecological psychology"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the words ecological psychology.

1. 1. Staying, Sane, on a Planet Dying Fast : Art and Eco-Psychology in Kurt Vonnegut's Breakfast of Champions

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

   Author : Sam Hammarberg; [2023]
   Keywords : Ecocriticism; mental health; solastalgia; eco-PTSD; ecological uncanny; Vonnegut;

   Abstract : This essay analyzes Kurt Vonnegut’s Breakfast of Champions (1973) in relation to eco-psychology. First, Dwayne Hoover is diagnosed with solastalgia; second, the narrator is shown to suffer from ecological PTSD; and, lastly, the novel is considered in light of the ecological uncanny and the ecological homecoming narrative. READ MORE

3. 2. Virtual Reality Language Learning : Designing some VR Wor(l)ds

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Sofia Mitsigkola; [2022]
   Keywords : Virtual Reality; Games; Educational Games; Learning Games; Play; Language Learning Games; Language Learning; Training; System; Interaction; Collaboration; Situated Learning; Ecological Approach to learning; Unity;

   Abstract : This thesis project explores the application of the ecological approach to learning in Virtual Reality (VR), investigates the role of educational games in language learning, creates a playground and a modified game for Swedish language, and proposes the concept VR wor(l)ds for language learning and practice. Following an Interaction Design methodology and drawing from ecological psychology, game studies and user research, the qualities of a virtual language learning environment are established. READ MORE

4. 3. Naturlika planteringar med upplevelsevärden : en studie om vegetationsstrukturens betydelse för stadens gröna rum

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

   Author : Nathalie Nessmar; [2022]
   Keywords : urban grönska; naturlik plantering; upplevelsevärden; vegetationsstruktur;

   Abstract : Naturlika planteringar utgör en stor del av den vardagsgrönska som människor möter i staden. Planteringarna anlades på 60- och 70-talet som ett komplement till stadens finparker, med ett löfte om upplevelserik grönska och låga skötselkostnader. READ MORE

5. 4. Dystopian Narratives:Testing Qualitative Story Completion Method with Theory from Degrowth

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Michelle Appelros; [2022]
   Keywords : Story Completion; Method; Degrowth; Climate crisis; Decolonization of the Imaginary; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In the global north, we seem well informed of the pending climate crisis, but despite criticism of un-sustainability, it seems as if we lack alternatives to eco-modernist solutions. Although not unproblematic, degrowth and other alternatives do exist, but are somehow non-existing in the public debate. READ MORE

6. 5. You get what you play for : A multiple-baseline experimental design on child-directed play for parents of autistic children

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Psykologiska institutionen

   Author : Filippa Andreasson; Axel D'Angelo Gentile; [2020]
   Keywords : Child-directed play; autism; ASD; parent training; parent training programs; relationship enhancement; ACT; acceptance and commitment therapy; values; parental values; perspective taking; psychological flexibility; single-case; multiple-baseline; non-concurrent; single-case experimental design; SCED; effect size; ecological momentary assessment; EMA; mindful parenting; psychology; applied psychology; autism treatment; Barents stund; autism; AST; föräldrastöd; föräldraträningsprogram; relationsbyggande; ACT; värderingar; föräldravärderingar; perspektivtagande; psykologisk flexibilitet; effektstorlek; medveten föräldraskap; psykologi; tillämpad psykologi; autismbehandling;

   Abstract : Parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) face many challenges which lead to low levels of psychological well-being, partly caused by inability to parent in accordance with one’s values. Child-directed play, a moment of being fully attentive and responsive to one’s child, has the potential to increase parental values. READ MORE