Place, Memory, and Environmental Psychology

Description

This program will not be recorded.

How much of what we are is related to the places we have lived and experienced? What is the importance of place in our most memorable experiences? Is it possible to find any memory that is not physically situated somewhere? This course is an invitation to reflect on these and other meaningful questions about the psychological and emotional relationships between people and their environments. Drawing on a variety of disciplines, including psychology, geography, architecture and design, this course will introduce environmental psychology and its contribution to understanding how physical environments influence our behavior, cognition, identity and memory. Using place-based methodologies, we will discuss concepts such as place attachment, place identity and cognitive maps. We will reflect on issues of memory, meaning of home, trauma, displacement and the power of nature in our psychological well-being.

About the Osher Online Program

Osher Online programs are provided to OLLI at MSU from the Osher National Resource Center at Northwestern University. Experience shared online presentations with OLLI members from coast to coast! As part of the Osher Online program, OLLI at MSU members will enjoy national speakers and interact with fellow OLLI members nationwide.

Scholarship

Apply for a needs-based scholarship to take this offering.

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