Perceiving the Affordances

A Portrait of Two Psychologists
1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-8058-3949-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc

Buch, Englisch, 154 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 381 g

Perceiving the Affordances is a personal history and intellectual autobiography of Eleanor Gibson, the groundbreaking research psychologist who was influential in the founding of the theory of perceptual development. It is also a biography of her husband, James J. Gibson, who was a major perceptual theorist and the founder of the ecologically-oriented theory of perception. This is the story of their lives together and how each came to make particular contributions. This book is of interest to people who study perception, perceptual development, infancy, developmental psychology, and the history of psychology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gibson, Eleanor J.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Kinder- und Jugendpsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie Wahrnehmung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: Preface. Growing up in the Heartland. Becoming Psychologists. Teaching and Life at Smith College. World War II. Back to Civilization (Academic Style). High Above Cayuga's Waters. Visiting in Academe. Midlife Without Crises. The Decade of the Books. The Seer of Ithaca. Going It Alone. Life After the Lab.

Über Autor(innen)

Eleanor J. Gibson