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    Eleanor J Gibson

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    Training Location(s):

    PhD, Yale University ()

    Primary Affiliation(s):

    Smith College (, )

    Cornell University ()

    Career Focus:

    Comparative psychology; perception; perceptual learning and development; developmental psychology; reading.

    Biography

    Eleanor Jack was born into a middle-class family in Peoria, Illinois, where her father was a businessman who sold hardware. While her mother, Isabel, did not have a career, she had graduated from Smith College, and after high school Eleanor continued the family tradition and began studies at Smith. Eleanor Jack was drawn to psychology, particularly enjoying classes that were more experimentally-oriented. Eleanor met her future husband, James Gibson, at a graduation garden party at Smith College where she, a jun

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    Perceiving the Affordances: A Portrait of Two Psychologists

    Perceiving the Affordances is a personal history and intellectual autobiography of Eleanor Gibson, the groundbreaking research psychologist who was influential in the founding of the theory of perceptual development. It is also a biography of her husband, James J. Gibson, who was a major perceptual theorist and the founder of the ecologically-oriented theory of perception. This is the story of their lives together and how each came to make particular contributions. This book is of interest to people who study perception, perceptual development, infancy, developmental psychology, and the history of psychology.

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    Eleanor J. Gibson

    American psychologist & academic

    Eleanor J. Gibson

    Eleanor Gibson - Keynote Address - APS Convention

    Born

    Eleanor Jack


    ()December 7,

    Peoria, Illinois

    DiedDecember 30, () (aged&#;92)

    Columbia, South Carolina

    CitizenshipAmerican
    Alma&#;materSmith College(B.A., ) (M.S., )
    Yale University(Ph.D., )
    Known&#;forVisual cliff,
    perceptual learning,
    differentiation theory,
    enrichment of embedded structures
    SpouseJames J. Gibson
    ChildrenJames J. Gibson Junior
    Jean Gibson
    AwardsNational Medal of Science ()
    APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology ()
    The American Psychological Foundation Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in Science ()
    Scientific career
    FieldsPsychology,
    developmental psychology,
    comparative psychology,
    experimental psychology,
    ecological psychology
    Doctoral advisorClark L. Hull

    Eleanor Jack Gibson (7 månad – 30 December ) was an Ameri