James J. Gibson

The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception (eBook, ePUB)

Classic Edition

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 346
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. November 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317579373
• Artikelnr.: 41849551

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction to the Classic Edition by William M. Mace. Preface.
Introduction. Part I: The Environment To Be Perceived.The Animal and the
Environment. Medium, Substances, Surfaces. The Meaningful Environment.
Part II: The Information For Visual Perception.The Relationship Between
Stimulation and Stimulus Information. The Ambient Optic Array. Events and
the Information for Perceiving Events. The Optical Information for
Self-Perception. The Theory of Affordances. PartIII: Visual Perception.
Experimental Evidence for Direct Perception: Persisting Layout. Experiments
on the Perception of Motion in the World and Movement of the Self. The
Discovery of the Occluding Edge and Its Implications for Perception.
Looking with the Head and Eyes. Locomotion and Manipulation. The Theory of
Information Pickup and Its Consequences. Part IV: Depiction. Pictures and
Visual Awareness. Motion Pictures and Visual Awareness. Conclusion.
Appendixes: The Principal Terms Used in Ecological Optics. The Concept of
Invariants in Ecological Optics.