Encountering the world : toward an ecological psychology / Edward S. Reed.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reed, Edward (Edward S.), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [1996]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Encountering the World reorients modern psychology by finding a viable middle ground between the study of nerve cells and cultural analysis. The emerging field of ecological psychology focuses on the ""human niche"" and our uniquely evolved modes of action and interaction. Rejecting both mechanistic cognitive science and reductionistic neuroscience, the author offers a new psychology that combines ecological and experimental methods to help us better understand the ways in which people and animals make their way through the world. The book provides a comprehensive treatment of ecological psych

Contents:

Contents; Introduction: The Significance of the Psychological; 1 Regulation versus Construction; 2 An Evolutionary Psychology; 3 Affordances: A New Ecology for Psychology; 4 The Importance of Information; 5 Functional Systems and the Mechanisms of Behavior; 6 Varieties of Action Systems; 7 The Effort After Value and Meaning; 8 The Human Environment; 9 Becoming a Person; 10 The Daily Life of the Mind; 11 Entering the Linguistic Environment; 12 Streams of Thought; Epilogue: The Significance of Ecological Psychology; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [191]-206) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-536093-1

1-60129-863-3

1-280-44142-9

1-4237-3707-5

OCLC:

935226985