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Ecological Psychology

Ecological Psychology

A field of psychology where perception is the functional act of picking up information from the environment to use for regulating movement, NOT for enhancing its automaticity.

The field of ecology studies the relationship between living things and their environments, thus taking an ecological approach in sport and with athletes considers the sporting environment and how the athlete interacts within that environment during sport to be top priority in preparing an athlete.