James J. Gibson

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Princeton_University
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Distinguished_Scientific_Contribution_Award_(APA)
gptkbp:birthDate 1904-01-27
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:McConnelsville,_Ohio,_United_States
gptkbp:deathDate 1979-12-11
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Ithaca,_New_York,_United_States
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Herbert_S._Langfeld
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:Herbert_Pick_Jr.
gptkb:Eleanor_J._Gibson
gptkbp:field gptkb:ecological_psychology
psychology
perception
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:James_Jerome_Gibson
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label James J. Gibson
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Alva_Noë
gptkb:Tim_Ingold
gptkb:Ulric_Neisser
gptkb:Eleanor_J._Gibson
gptkb:Donald_Norman
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Gestalt_psychology
gptkb:Kurt_Koffka
gptkbp:knownFor direct perception
ecological approach to visual perception
theory of affordances
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Psychological_Association
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:militaryConflict gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableIdea direct perception
affordance
optic flow
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:Herbert_Pick_Jr.
gptkb:Eleanor_J._Gibson
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:The_Ecological_Approach_to_Visual_Perception
gptkb:The_Perception_of_the_Visual_World
gptkb:The_Senses_Considered_as_Perceptual_Systems
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:psychologist
gptkbp:researchInterest visual perception
motion perception
affordances
ecological optics
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Eleanor_J._Gibson
gptkbp:theory direct perception
ecological theory of perception
theory of affordances
gptkbp:workInstitution gptkb:Cornell_University
gptkb:Smith_College
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Eleanor_Jess_Atwood_Gibson
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