An ecological approach to perceptual learning and development
By: Eleanor J. Gibson, Anne D. Pick.
Contributors: Pick, Anne D.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
Subjects: Perception in infants; Perceptual learning; Infant psychology
Description: "In An Ecological Approach to Perceptual Learning and Development, experimental psychologists Eleanor J. Gibson and Anne D. Pick provide a theoretical framework for the ecological approach to understanding perceptual learning and development. Perception, in accordance with James Gibson's views, entails a reciprocal relationship between a person and his or her environment: The environment provides resources and opportunities for the person, and the person gets information from and acts on the environment.

The concept of affordance is central to this idea; the person acts on what the environment affords, as it is appropriate."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-226) and indexes.