Encountering the world toward an ecological psychology

Encountering the World radically reorients psychology. Rejecting the mechanistic biases of modern psychology in favor of an ecological approach, Reed argues that psychological processes must be understood as ways in which animals regulate their encounters with the environment. Synthesizing the work...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Reed, Edward autor (autor)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press 1996
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  • 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