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Applied Environmental Psychology
Environmental
psychology is the study of how people perceive and interact with their
environment as well as the examination of ways people can develop more
compatible relationships with the environment. Sometimes these relationships
have strong biological roots, and other times are a product of experience
and culture.
Applications
of environmental psychology for the NRCS include: evaluating and measuring
attitudes toward the environment, exploring the link between an individual's
attitudes toward the environment versus their actual behavior, exploring
the cultural significance of specific species such as eastern black walnut
in rural Missouri communities, designing tools to help prioritize issues
and concerns for individuals, as well as developing techniques to help
a conservationist learn more about the nature of their community members.
Applied Tools and Projects:
Suggestions
or Comments? Contact Andrea Clarke, Ph.D., USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service,
Telephone: 202-720-5927.
The Natural Resources Conservation Service provides leadership
in a partnership effort to help people conserve, maintain, and improve our natural
resources and environment.
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