Socially Nested Reciprocities in Perception-action and Development

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Wagman, Jeffrey B.

Affiliations: Illinois State University, USA

Note: [] Address for correspondence: Jeffrey B. Wagman, Department of Psychology, Illinois State University, Campus Box 4620, Normal, IL 61790-4620, Fax: (309) 438-5789. Email: jbwagma@ilstu.edu

Abstract: Gottlieb's (1991/2007) study on social malleability of ducking response to maternal calls is perhaps a paradigmatic example of research within the transactional approach to behavioral development—an approach which has fundamental links with the ecological approach to perception-action (Gibson, 1979). This commentary fleshes out these links especially as they relate to the social nature of the organism-environment system and social influences on perception-action and development.

Keywords: transactionalism, ecological psychology, perception-action, organism-environment system, social influences

DOI: 10.3233/DEV-2007-1303

Journal: International Journal of Developmental Science, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 227-230, 2007