The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception (Psychology Press & Routledge Classic Editions)

James J. Gibson

ISBN 10: 1848725787 / ISBN 13: 9781848725782

Edité par Routledge 2014-11-27, 2014

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception (Psychology Press & Routledge Classic Editions)
• Éditeur: Routledge 2014-11-27
• Date de parution: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1848725787
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781848725782
• Reliure: Paperback
• État de l'article: New

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Synopsis

This book was first published in 1979 and is about how we see: the environment around us (its surfaces, their layout, and their colors and textures); where we are in the environment; whether or not we are moving and, if we are, where we are going; what things are good for; how to do things (to thread a needle or drive an automobile); or why things look as they do.

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James J. Gibson (1904-1979) is one of the most important psychologists of the 20th century, best known for his work on visual perception. He received his Ph.D. from Princeton University and his first major work was The Perception of the Visual World (1950) in which he rejected behaviorism for a view based on his own experimental work.

In his later works, including The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception (1979), Gibson became more philosophical and criticized cognitivism in the same way he had attacked behaviorism before, arguing strongly in favor of direct perception and direct realism, as opposed to cognitivist indirect realism. He termed his new approach "ecological psychology".

Gibson's legacy is increasingly influential on many contemporary movements in psychology, particularly those considered to be post-cognitivist.