Effects of Outdoor Exposure on the Behavior of Children

This topic submitted by Jenny Germano and Leslie Blaha (germanjm@muohio.edu) at 11:23 am on 2/2/01. Additions were last made on Wednesday, February 21, 2001. Section: Myers.

The biophylia hypothesis states that humans have some innate connection to nature, be it positive or negative. We propose to investigate the effects of nature on the behaviors of children. We plan to test an hypothesis that interaction with and exposure to nature will decrease violent behavior and increase cooperative behavior in children. We plan to do this by observing "free play" in young children who have not had recent exposure to nature and compare their behaviors to their actions in "free play" immediately following outdoor or nature exposure. Our observations will take place at the Hanna House on Miami University's campus.

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