Ecological psychology
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Ecological psychology is a term claimed by several schools of psychology with the main one involving the work of James J. Gibson and his associates, and another one the work of Roger G. Barker, Herb Wright and associates at the University of Kansas in Lawrence. Whereas Gibsonian psychology is always termed ecological psychology, the work of Barker (and his followers) is also sometimes referred to as environmental psychology. There is some overlap between the two schools, although the Gibsonian approach is more philosophical and deeply reflective on its predecessors in the history of psychology.
Both schools emphasise 'real world' studies of behaviour as opposed to the artificial environment of the laboratory.
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See also
- Action-specific perception
- Ambient optic array
- Community psychology
- Conservation psychology
- Information ecology
- Environmental Design Research Association
- Evolutionary psychology
- Situated cognition
- Urie Bronfenbrenner
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