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. 2025 Jul 31;59(3):60.
doi: 10.1007/s12124-025-09927-2.

Situated Psychology: A Sketch

Rasmus Birk  1 , Sarah Kirkegaard Jensen  1 , Noomi Matthiesen  1 , Bo Allesøe Christensen  2
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Situated Psychology: A Sketch

Rasmus Birk et al. Integr Psychol Behav Sci. .

Abstract

This article-and this special issue-focuses on situated psychology. The purpose of this article is to provide a brief theoretical outline of what situated psychology is. If the reader wonders why they are not immediately familiar with the term 'situated psychology,' there is a simple explanation: it is a new concept (except for Phillip Cushman's argument that psychology should be "historically situated" (Cushman, 1990). However, despite the novelty of the name for the concept, it draws on a wide range of psychological traditions-ecological psychology, situated learning theory, 4E cognition, critical psychology, and more. The ambition of this article is thus to unfold a multifaceted theoretical perspective that understands situatedness as involving environment/culture/relations/context, but also as something other than just a framework within which human behavior unfolds.

Keywords: Externalism; Jean lave; Situated learning; William james.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declarations. Competing Interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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