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Record Nr.

UNINA9910968318203321

Autore

Gibson Eleanor J.

Titolo

An ecological approach to perceptual learning and development / / Eleanor J. Gibson, Anne D. Pick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

9786610838042

9780190290122

0190290129

9780197734612

0197734618

9781280838040

1280838043

9780198027911

0198027915

9780195347395

0195347390

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 pages)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online.

Disciplina

153.7

155.4137

Soggetti

Perception in infants

Perceptual learning

Infant psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2000.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-226) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1 Historical Perspectives and Present-Day Confrontations; 2 An Ecological Approach to Perceptual Development; 3 Studying Perceptual Development in Preverbal Infants: Tasks, Methods, and Motivation; 4 Development and Learning in Infancy; 5 What Infants Learn About: Communication; 6 What Infants Learn About: Interaction with Objects; 7 What Infants Learn About: Locomotion and the Spatial Layout; 8 The Learning Process in Infancy: Facts and Theory; 9 Hallmarks of Human Behavior; 10 The Role of Perception in Development beyond Infancy; References; Indexes; Author Index;



Sommario/riassunto

Perceptual learning is emphasised as the discovery of affordances of events, objects and places in the world, and as the way meaningful perception develops.