Course Schedule

Start > Masterprogramm Sustainability: Sustainability Science: Entrepreneurship, Agency and Leadership (M.A.) -> Wahlpflichtmodule -> Psychology and the Individual: Evolutionary and developmental origins of sustainable behaviour

Lehrveranstaltungen

Origins of the Sustainable Mind: Developmental and Evolutionary Perspectives (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Manuel Bohn

Termin:
 wöchentlich | Dienstag | 16:15 - 17:45 | 14.10.2024 - 31.01.2025 | C 14.203 Seminarraum

Inhalt: This course focuses on the evolutionary and developmental origins of sustainable behavior. We will start by exploring the psychological processes involved in generating sustainable behavior. Next, we will shed light on the evolutionary roots of these processes: we will ask whether or not humans' closest living relatives, the great apes, also possess these abilities and why they might have emerged in the primate lineage. The main part of the course will focus on how these processes develop in children with a particular focus on how humans' unique social organization changes and reorganizes them. The psychological processes we will cover include – among others – self-regulation, future planning, and communication. We will also review intervention studies that aim to shape children’s understanding and practices regarding sustainability. In the final part, students will have the opportunity to design intervention strategies, applying their knowledge to potential real-world applications.

Origins of the Sustainable Mind: Developmental and Evolutionary Perspectives (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Manuel Bohn

Termin:
 wöchentlich | Dienstag | 16:15 - 17:45 | 13.10.2025 - 30.01.2026 | Raumangabe fehlt

Inhalt: This course focuses on the evolutionary and developmental origins of sustainable behavior. We will start by exploring the psychological processes involved in generating sustainable behavior. Next, we will shed light on the evolutionary roots of these processes: we will ask whether or not humans' closest living relatives, the great apes, also possess these abilities and why they might have emerged in the primate lineage. The main part of the course will focus on how these processes develop in children with a particular focus on how humans' unique social organization changes and reorganizes them. The psychological processes we will cover include – among others – self-regulation, future planning, and communication. We will also review intervention studies that aim to shape children’s understanding and practices regarding sustainability. In the final part, students will have the opportunity to design intervention strategies, applying their knowledge to potential real-world applications.