The Routledge International Handbook of Ecological Psychology.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nonaka, Tetsushi.

Series:

Routledge International Handbooks Series

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (527 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2026.

Summary:

The Routledge International Handbook of Ecological Psychology provides the definitive international reference for understanding how humans perceive and control goal-directed behavior in everyday environments.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

About the Authors

List of Contributors

Preface

Acknowledgements

Part 1 Foundations of Ecological Psychology

1 The Reciprocity of the Organism and the Environment

2 Agency and Attention in The Ecological Approach: A Selective Review

3 Specification and Direct Perception

4 Dynamical Systems: Capturing the Information Essential to an Ecological Psychology

Part 2 The Meaningful Environment

5 Affordances

6 Psychological Ecology, Social Practices, and the Hierarchically Nested Structure of the Human Habitat

7 Emotions: Centralizing Affectivity in Ecological Thinking

Part 3 Information and Medium

8 Ecological Optics and the Visual Control of Locomotion

9 Specification of Affordances in the Global Array

10 Dynamic Touch

Part 4 Perception and Cognition

11 Ecologizing Cognition: Remembering and Thinking as Lawful, Nested, and Emergent Relations in an Econiche

12 Ecological Neuroscience

13 A World of Minds: Ecological Psychology as a Framework for Comparative Cognition

14 Physical Intelligence: Naturalizing Agency

15 Multiscale Dynamics Might be Essential to Ecological Psychology: Promises, Challenges, and Real Possibilities

Part 5 Action: Controlling Encounters

16 An Ecological Approach to Intrapersonal Coordination

17 Behavioral Dynamics of Pedestrians and Crowds

Part 6 Development and Learning

18 An Ecological Perspective on how Play and Disability Impact Motor Adaptation Across the Lifespan

19 Direct Learning: Information for Learning Lawfully Emerges From The Cycle of Perception and Action

20 Developmental Ecological Neuroscience: Active Exploration for Increased Perceptual Differentiation

Part 7 Sociality and Interactions.

21 Behavioral Dynamics: Capturing Our Ability to Coordinate Our Actions with Others

22 Social‑Ecological Psychology and Interpersonal Coordination

23 An Ecological Approach to Conversation

24 An Ecological Approach to Human Interactivity and Language

Part 8 Applications

25 Rehabilitation in Light of Affordances: Engagement with Ecological Psychology to Support and Celebrate Individuals' Unique Contexts and Abilities in Rehabilitation

26 Performance, Learning, and Expertise in Sport: An Ecological Dynamics Rationale

27 Sensory Substitution from an Ecological Perspective

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781040654217

OCLC:

1584491892