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Psychology in Architecture - APS300400

Title:	Psychology in Architecture
Guaranteed by:	Department of Psychology (21-KPS)
Faculty:	Faculty of Arts
Actual:	from 2025
Semester:	summer
Points:	3
E-Credits:	3
Examination process:	summer s.:
Hours per week, examination:	summer s.:1/1, C [HT]
Capacity:	40 / unknown (20)
Min. number of students:	unlimited
4EU+:	no
Virtual mobility / capacity:	no
Key competences:
State of the course:	taught
Language:	English
Teaching methods:	full-time
Level:
Note:	course can be enrolled in outside the study plan enabled for web enrollment

Guarantor:	Mgr. Richard Jedon, Ph.D.
Teacher(s):	Mgr. Richard Jedon, Ph.D.
Class:	Exchange - 14.4 Psychology and Behav. Sciences
Incompatibility :	APS300400E
Is incompatible with:	APS300400E

Files		Comments	Added by
	Joye (2007).pdf		Mgr. Richard Jedon, Ph.D.
	PiA_GroupTasks_NEW.pptx	Information regarding the group semestral tasks	Mgr. Richard Jedon, Ph.D.
	PiA_01_2025.pdf	Slides from the 1st class	Mgr. Richard Jedon, Ph.D.
	PiA_02_2025.pdf	Slides from the 2nd class	Mgr. Richard Jedon, Ph.D.
	PiA_03_2025.pdf	Slides from the 3rd class	Mgr. Richard Jedon, Ph.D.
	PiA_04_2025.pdf	Slides from the 4th class	Mgr. Richard Jedon, Ph.D.
	PiA_05_2025.pdf	Slides from the 5th class	Mgr. Richard Jedon, Ph.D.
	PiA_06_2025.pdf	Slides from the 6th class	Mgr. Richard Jedon, Ph.D.
	PiA_07_2025.pdf	Slides from the 7th class	Mgr. Richard Jedon, Ph.D.
	03_Methods.zip	Literature for topic: Research Methods	Mgr. Richard Jedon, Ph.D.
	04_Perception.zip	Literature for topic: Environmental Perception	Mgr. Richard Jedon, Ph.D.
	05_Emotions.zip	Literature for topic: Emotions	Mgr. Richard Jedon, Ph.D.
	06_Behaviour.zip	Literature for topic: Behaviour	Mgr. Richard Jedon, Ph.D.
	07_Stress.zip	Literature for topic: Environmental Stress	Mgr. Richard Jedon, Ph.D.

Course completion requirements

1. Semestral tasks:

2. Final individual project:

choose one of: a) review analysis, b) research plan, or c) individual topic (~ 3000 characters)

Last update: Jedon Richard, Mgr., Ph.D. (02.02.2026)

Syllabus

1. Introduction to the course | History of architectural psychology

2. Research methods (Home study)

3. Environmental perception

5. Emotions: Place attachment & Atmosphere

6. Behaviour: Crowding, Privacy, Personal space

7. Stress & Restoration

8. Cognition: Wayfinding & Aesthetics

9. Case study: built environment and sense of safety

10. Practice & future of architectural psychology

Last update: Jedon Richard, Mgr., Ph.D. (02.02.2026)