The Physical Environment Discussion Assignment Paper (Essay Sample)

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The Physical Environment
There are standard conceptions of the effects of the surrounding to a person. The human mind and mental wellbeing reacts to the environment that it is in. Some people may be affected in a positive way while others may be affected negatively. Nonetheless, some may even change their behavior and character according to the environment that they are in CITATION Rac08 \p 26 \l 1033 (Cooper 26). The physical environment may include places like the workplace, at home in the house, in the residential apartments, at school, the weather, at the rendezvous, joint meeting points with friends, at the hotel and even in public places like worshipping places. The wellbeing of a human being is affected by many factors from the external environment ranging from sociological, cultural, economic and physical factors CITATION Rac08 \p 13 \l 1033 (Cooper 13).
This paper will present how the physical environment and the elements in it affect the human wellbeing. It will further discuss one important way in which these surroundings have influenced the behavior of people. Moreover, the paper will also look at the relationship between the various features of the physical environment and the way people react to them.
Keywords: physical environment, surrounding, people, mental wellbeing
The Physical Environment and How it Affects People
Human beings get to interact with their surrounding through their senses. Through the transfer of information between the surrounding and the human being via impulses, human beings get to connect with the environment CITATION Bic90 \p 3 \l 1033 (Bickhard 3). Besides, nature and nurture also affect the behavior of human beings greatly. A significant alteration in someone’s behavior has a corresponding change in the overall personality of the person, the way the person gets to view various things and their reactions towards them. However, since the human being is the most complex creature on earth, great care is recommended towards them for preservation purposes CITATION UKE13 \p 1 \l 1033 (UKEssays 1).
Various physical factors in the surrounding have different effects on the behavior of human beings. Moreover, since each setting has its own definite and distinct characteristics, there are also specific groups of people in each setting that are affected uniquely on the surrounding. For instance, the workplace environment affects the employees, customers, and the employers. Also, the school environment affects the students and the teachers as the playground affects the children who play there CITATION UKE13 \p 4 \l 1033 (UKEssays 4).
From a research carried out by Daniel Rodriguez on how the surrounding affects adolescent girls, the findings indicated that adolescent girls engaged more in physical activity when in playgrounds that are far from their homes. Moreover, the research showed that adolescent girls participated more actively in physical activity when in places that have high population densities, crowded and with parks or schools CITATION Dan12 \p 57 \l 1033 (Daniel Rodriguez 57). Keen observations on the adolescent girls recommended that the school playground can be a good surrounding for adolescent girls’ activities CITATION Dan12 \p 61-62 \l 1033 (Daniel Rodriguez 61-62).
In the workplace, the office environment has a big effect on employees, customers, and the employer. Through the behaviors of various individuals in the office, the environment and strategies used in the operations of work, there may be various changes in how each group relates to each other and thus affecting the overall behavior and personality of people in the environment CITATION UKE13 \p 4 \l 1033 (UKEssays 4). In some office settings, there is the implementation of teamwork while some value individual work progress. However, though the overall response of the whole team may be positive, each member of the group has an individual internal response that sometimes may agree or differ with the team's response. In a different scenario when the employee attends to a customer, the employee portrays a behavior and personality different from the norm. The presence of the customer affects the way the employee presents himself or herself CITATION Mar92 \p 68 \l 1033 (Bitner 68).
Children are affected by environments that are overcrowded and noisy, and the setting and quality of a home or the neighborhood. The cognitive development of a child is affected by the exposure to these factors. When exposed to noisy environments, the ability of a child to read is affected. Since the ability to read in a child determines the ability to speak, the child is affected even in speech delivery CITATION Kop \p 1 \l 1033 ...