Living space is a place of relaxation, and those with a sense of attachment to the environment are more satisfied with their living space. According to the literature, being in nature is very effective in creating positive emotions in people. In recent years, living in apartments has made people away from nature affecting their positive feelings about their living space. This study aimed to inv...

The concept of affordances, introduced by J.J. Gibson in Psychology, has recently attracted interest in autonomous robotics towards the development of cognitive systems. In earlier work (Şahin et al., Adaptive Behavior, vol.15(4), pp. 447-472, 2007), we reviewed the uses of this concept in different fields and proposed a formalism to use affordances at different levels of robot control. In this...

This article addresses needs and opportunities for advocacy for the science, education and practice of psychology from the perspectives of three leaders within organized psychology, academia, and hospital practice. The authors make distinctions between knowledge transfer and knowledge translation as well as between lobbying and advocacy. They define proactive and reactive advocacy and draw atte...

Hospital wards need to be staffed by nurses round the clock, resulting in irregular working hours for many nurses. Over the years, the nurses' influence on the scheduling has been increased in order to improve their working conditions. In Sweden it is common to apply a kind of self-scheduling where each nurse individually proposes a schedule, and then the final schedule is determined through in...

Identifying human attachment to the environment by developing different degrees, spatial ranges and dimensions, this study aims to further the growing body of knowledge about the discipline of Environmental Psychology within the process of interior design solving problems. Environmental Psychology provides an analytic point of view up on the existing built environment with a rich and diverse se...

Environmental psychology is one of the subjects that has currently attracted the attention of manypeople involved in education. Paying attention in school, work, and generally life environments in addition to otherelements, can play a significant role in attracting individuals and improving their lifestyle, education and work. Hence,tending to spatial elements in educational environments, espec...