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ecological approach  

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  • Ecological psychology, as it applies to the domains of perception and perceptual development, refers to the perspective developed during a 30-year period by J. J. Gibson and Eleanor J. Gibson, and elaborated during the past two decades by their students and colleagues. The impetus for this approach grew largely from J. J. Gibson's work early in his career on several practical problems, such as how individuals control their movement when driving a car or landing a plane. [Source: Encyclopedia of Perception; Ecological Approach]

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