The Nature Fix by Florence Williams
QUIZ QUESTIONS:
Introduction: Nature is Necessary
1. What is the aspiration of The Nature Fix?
2. Natural environments can help us align with the World Health Organization's definition
of health, which is ______________?
Why Nature Benefits Us: The Biophilia Effect
1. What is the biophilia hypothesis, as described by the anthropologist Yoshifumi Miyazaki?
2. What is biophilia, as defined by social psychologist Erich Fromm?
3. Because most of our time during human evolution was spent in nature, our __________
is still adapted to it.
Why Nature Benefits Us: Cognition
1. Rather than beginning with the premise of biophilia, cognitive psychologist David Strayer's
research group was all about ___________________.
2. Strayer's research team was more interested in what than in "amorphous concepts of
well-being"?
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
1. Do you think the health benefits of being in nature are due to nature itself or the stresses of
urban life that we leave behind?
2. Are you more convinced by the biophilia explanation or the cognitive explanation of why
nature is good for us?
3. How could we use the results of the scientific research discussed in The Nature Fix to
improve our daily lives through our health?
4. How should the results be incorporated into urban planning, policy decisions, and
architectural design? Do policymakers have an ethical responsibility to consider citizens'
need for nature?
urban life that we leave behind?
2. Are you more convinced by the biophilia explanation or the cognitive explanation of why
nature is good for us?
3. How could we use the results of the scientific research discussed in The Nature Fix to
improve our daily lives through our health?
4. How should the results be incorporated into urban planning, policy decisions, and
architectural design? Do policymakers have an ethical responsibility to consider citizens'
need for nature?
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