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The basic assumption of ecological psychology is that the person is not the basic unit of human behavior, instead, the most basic unit is the Behavior Setting. This is a very radical statement and contrary to almost all of psychology which sees the person as the most fundamental unit of study and the source of all behavior.
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Bechtel, R.B. (2000). Assumptions, Methods, and Research Problems of Ecological Psychology. In: Wapner, S., Demick, J., Yamamoto, T., Minami, H. (eds) Theoretical Perspectives in Environment-Behavior Research. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4701-3_6
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