This course will explore the human dimensions of natural resource management and the use of the social sciences of leisure/recreation as it relates to natural resource management.These concepts will be related to natural resource management research such as emphasizes psychological, social psychological and sociological constructs that are contributing to a contemporary, interdisciplinary understanding of recreation and leisure. These ideas will be connected to research on natural resource management.
1. Effective Practice and Dimensions of Human Behaviour
1.1) Definition of human behaviour
1.2) Four sources of behaviour
2. Leisure Theories and Leisure Behaviour
2.1) Concept of leisure behaviour
2.2) Theories of leisure behaviour
3. Social Psychology
3.1) Understanding Leisure with Social Psychology
3.2) Factors affecting leisure behaviour
4. Personality and Leisure
4.1) Focus on factors that cause individuals to behave and react to situations
4.2) Theory personality
5. Leisure Satisfaction and Motivation
5.1) Life Satisfaction
5.2) Theory of Motivation
5.3) Leisure Motives and Constraints