Encountering the World

by Edward S. Reed

Encountering the World reorients modern psychology by finding a viable middle ground between the study of nerve cells and cultural analysis. The emerging field of ecological psychology focuses on the "human niche" and our uniquely evolved modes of action and interaction. Rejecting both mechanistic cognitive science and reductionistic neuroscience, the author offers a new psychology that combines ecological and experimental methods to help us better...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195073010
• ISBN13: 9780195073010
• Release Date: August 1996
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.6"