Term Project Topics

Student research topics ­ The real or potential influences of ecological psychology on:

• Social psychology
  • Person perception
  • Attribution theory
  • Event segmentation
• Developmental psychology
  • Jackie Gibson and all her students
  • Karen Adolph
• Human Factors
  • Design and evaluation of simulators
  • Miami Center for Ergonomic research
  • John Flach (and Jeff Caird and Kim Vicente): Local Applications of the Ecological Approach to Human-Machine Systems and Global Perspectives on the Ecology of Human-Machine SystemsJohn Flach (actually, Jagacinski and Flach): Control Theory for HumansKim Vicente: Cognitive Work Analysis and
    The Human Factor: Revolutionizing the Way People Live with TechnologyVicente lab
• Engineering
  • Robotics
  • NASA [see Stoffregen below]
• Neuroscience
  • Barrie Frost work
• Occupational therapy
  • Sasaki group
• The fine arts
  • Knobler
  • Arakawa?
  • Architecture ­ Benedikt
  • Film ­ Anderson work
  • Gombrich
• Physical Education (kinesiology)
  • van Emmerick
  • Sports ­ Dave Lee, Michel Laurent
  • Bardy Lab
  • Stoffregen Lab
• Philosophy
  • Ruth Millikan
  • John Heil
• Biology

List of labs associated with ecological psychology

Ecological Approach Syllabus