Ecological Psychology

This Element presents an introduction to Ecological Psychology, including its main theoretical roots and its future prospects.

Miguel Segundo-Ortin (Author), Vicente Raja (Author)

9781009451369, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 18 April 2024

92 pages
23 x 15 x 0.5 cm, 0.15 kg

Ecological psychology is one of the main alternative theories of perception and action available in the contemporary literature. This Element explores and analyzes its most relevant ideas, concepts, methods, and experimental results. It discusses the historical roots of the ecological approach. The Element then analyzes the works of the two main founders of ecological psychology: James and Eleanor Gibson. It also explores the development of ecological psychology since the 1980s until nowadays. Finally, the Element identifies and evaluates the future of the ecological approach to perception and action.

1. Introduction
2. The historical roots of ecological psychology
3. The ecological approach to perception and action: theses, concepts, and methods
4. Ecological psychology today
5. The future of ecological psychology
6. Conclusion
References.

Subject Areas: Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology [JMM]