ARCH 212 TAMU EXAM 1 WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 100% VERIFIED

ARCH 212 TAMU EXAM 1 WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 100% VERIFIED what design elements encourage the use and facilitate the success of urban spaces? - answerrange of seating options, shade and sunlight, street access... etc egocentrism - answerhumans > nature anthropocentrism - answernature meets humans needs ecocentrism - answervalue nature for itself, not how it completes the needs of humans 2 theories of the restorative effects of nature - answerstress reduction theory attention restoration theory stress reduction theory - answerphycologica responsesl: negative emotions, inability to cope with situations physical responses: high blood pressure, faster metabolism stress: happens as response to events stressors: over crowded places research example: - answerNature: vegetation Nature: water Urban: heavy traffic Urban: light traffic Urban: shopping mall with many pedestrians Urban: shopping mall with few pedestrians attention restoration theory - answerconcentrate better in nature focused attention(studying)=mental fatigue effortless attention(in nature)=restored attention evolution based theory - answerchange in heritable phenotype traits of biological populations over successive generations how we got to be this way BIOPHOBIA HYPOTHESIS: - answerHumans have a genetic predisposition to learn to fear certain potentially dangerous elements of nature BIOPHILIA HYPOTHESIS: - answerThere is an instinctive bond (a biological affinity) between human beings and other (unthreatening) living systems refuge and prospect: pleasure of prospect to water - answer??? berlynes aesthetics - answercomplex