Encountering the world: Toward an ecological psychology.
Edward S. Reed
- 09 Jan 1997
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the importance of information in psychology, and the effort after value and meaning in the effort to become a human being and the daily life of the mind.
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Abstract: 1. regulation vs. Construction 2. An Evolutionary Psychology 3. Affordances: A New Ecology for Psychology 4. The Importance of Information 5. Functional Systems and the Mechanisms of Behavior 6. Varieties of Action Systems 7. The Effort After Value and Meaning 8. The Human Environment 9. Becoming a Person 10. The Daily Life of the Mind 11. Entering the Linguistic Environment 12. Streams of Thought
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