Julia J. C. Blau, Jeffrey B. Wagman

Introduction to Ecological Psychology (eBook, PDF)

A Lawful Approach to Perceiving, Acting, and Cognizing

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Introduction to Ecological Psychology is a highly accessible book that offers an overview of the fundamental theoretical foundations of Ecological Psychology. The authors provide a broad coverage of the topic, including discussion of perception-action as well as cognition, social interaction, and application to real world problems.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 340
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juli 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000618976
• Artikelnr.: 64206397

Autorenporträt

Julia J. C. Blau is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT, USA. Her research focuses on the fractality of event perception, as well as the Ecological approach to film theory and aesthetics. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Society for Ecological Psychology.

Jeffrey B. Wagman is a Professor of Psychology at Illinois State University, USA. His research focuses on perception of affordances and perception by touch. He is a recipient of the Illinois State University Outstanding University Researcher Award and a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Invitation Fellowship for Research in Japan. He is an Associate Editor of the journal Ecological Psychology.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
List of Illustrations
Foreword: Resources for Ecological Psychology
Acknowledgements
Foreword: Introduction to Ecological Psychology, by Claudia Carello
Part One. Introduction to Theory
Chapter 1. Starting the Conversation
Chapter 2. Where We Went Wrong
Chapter 3. Starting Over
Chapter 4. What is Ecological Theory?
Part Two. Reconceptualizing Old Problems in an Ecological Way
Chapter 5. Affordances-What is Perceived?
Chapter 6. Ecological Optics and Visual Perception-Getting Light Into
Muscle
Chapter 7. Ecological Acoustics and Auditory Perception-Getting Sound Into
Muscle
Chapter 8. Ecological Haptics and Perception by Touch-Muscles as the Medium
Chapter 9. Action and Coordination
Chapter 10. Development of Perceiving and Acting Abilities
Chapter 11. Perceiving and Acting With Others: An Ecological Social
Psychology
Chapter 12. Thinking, Learning, and Remembering
Chapter 13. Applications of Ecological Psychology
Part Three. Zooming Out
Chapter 14. Dynamical Systems
Chapter 15. Evolution
Chapter 16. Self-Organization
Chapter 17. Intelligent Life
References
Index