Places, Sociality, and Ecological Psychology - Essays in Honor of Harry Heft

This book presents a collection of essays honoring Professor Harry Heft, a leading figure in the field of ecological psychology, engaging critically with his work, thought and influence.

List of contents

Introduction
1. Reflections on Ecological Psychology: An interview with Harry Heft
2. The social constitution of ecological psychology in the Netherlands
3. Contrary imaginations: Radical Empiricism or Pragmatism?
4. Perception and problem solving
5. Conceiving the environment from a developmental perspective: Revisiting Roger G. Barker’s comparison of Bobby Bryant and Raymond Birch
6. Agency in behavior settings: A mindshaping perspective on ecological psychology
7. Behavior settings, enabling constraints, and the naturalization of social norms
8. Values, affordances, and agency: Giving Heft to ecological accounts
9. Young people’s responses to the Earth’s affordances of regeneration
10. Humanizing Ecological Psychology: Heft’s incorporation of the sociohistorical into perceiving and acting
11. Understanding the child’s environment
12. Towards a psychological ecology

Summary

This book presents a collection of essays honoring Professor Harry Heft, a leading figure in the field of ecological psychology, engaging critically with his work, thought and influence.

Product details

• Authors: Miguel Heras-Escribano Segundo-Ortin
• Assisted by: Manuel Heras-Escribano (Editor), Vicente Raja (Editor), Miguel Segundo-Ortin (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.06.2023
• EAN: 9781032194516
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3219451-6
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Resources for Ecological Psychology Series
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, Philosophy of Mind, PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Social, group or collective psychology, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Psychological theory & schools of thought, Cognition and cognitive psychology