Gibson's Theory of Perceptual Learning

Karen E. Adolph; Kari S. Kretch

doi:10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.23096-1

Gibson's Theory of Perceptual Learning

Karen E. Adolph, Kari S. Kretch

Psychology

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This article describes the key ideas of the influential psychologist Eleanor J. Gibson, developed over 70 years of research with infants, children, adults, and a wide range of nonhuman species. Gibson's ecological approach to perceptual learning and development describes how perception - extracting meaningful information from the environment to guide actions adaptively - improves with experience, the acquisition of new means of exploration, and the development of new perception-action systems.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences: Second Edition
Publisher	Elsevier Inc.
Pages	127-134
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9780080970875
ISBN (Print)	9780080970868
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.23096-1
State	Published - Mar 26 2015

Keywords

Affordance
Cognitive development
Comparative psychology
Developmental psychology
Differentiation
Ecological approach
Exploratory activity
Infancy
Learning
Perception
Perception-action
Perceptual learning
Psychology

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Social Sciences

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