Eleanor J. Gibson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Eleanor J. Gibson

American psychologist & academic

Date of Birth: 07-Dec-1910

Place of Birth: Peoria, Illinois, United States

Date of Death: 30-Dec-2002

Profession: psychologist, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Eleanor Jack Gibson (7 December 1910 – 30 December 2002) was an American psychologist who focused on reading development and perceptual learning in infants and toddlers.
In the 1960s and 1970s Gibson, with her husband James J.
Gibson, created the Gibsonian ecological theory of development which emphasized how important perception was because it allows humans to adapt to their environments.
Perhaps her most well-known contribution to psychology was the "visual cliff", which studied depth perception and visual or motor impairments in both human and animal species.
This led to a new understanding of perceptual development in infants.
The environment provides information for the sensory system to develop with increased stimuli, so perceptual development corresponds with environmental stimuli.
Infants develop from adapting to the environment.
Gibson was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1971 and as a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1977.
In 1992 she was awarded the National Medal of Science, which is the highest scientific honor in the United States, and only five of which have been awarded to psychologists.