Ecological Approach to Perceptual Learning and Development

Name: Ecological Approach to Perceptual Learning and Development
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ISBN: 9780195165494

ISBN-10: 0195165497

ISBN-13: 9780195165494

Edition: 2003

Authors: Eleanor J. Gibson, Anne D. Pick

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The essential nature of learning is primarily thought of as a verbal process or function, but this notion conveys that pre-linguistic infants do not learn. Far from being "blank slates" that passively absorb environmental stimuli, infants are active learners who perceptually engage their environments and extract information from them before language is available. The ecological approach to perceiving-defined as "a theory about perceiving by active creatures who look and listen and move around" was spearheaded by Eleanor and James Gibson in the 1950s and culminated in James Gibson's last book in 1979. Until now, no comprehensive theoretical statement of ecological development has been…

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List price: $83.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/15/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 9.21" wide x 6.10" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English




Historical Perspectives and Present-Day Confrontations



An Ecological Approach to Perceptual Development



Studying Perceptual Development in Preverbal Infants: Tasks, Methods, and Motivation



Development and Learning in Infancy



What Infants Learn About: Communication



What Infants Learn About: Interaction with Objects



What Infants Learn About: Locomotion and the Spatial Layout



The Learning Process in Infancy: Facts and Theory



Hallmarks of Human Behavior



The Role of Perception in Development beyond Infancy


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