Why 25 Years? Notes on the Long Trajectory of Roger Barker's Research in Oskaloosa

‘We are surviving well’: Adaptive strategies applied by women in an underground South African mine

“…According to Harrell (2018), these are qualities known to promote social responsibility, collaboration and goal achievement. From a contextual view, Barker (2016) confirmed that settings in which a variety of skills, perspectives or temperaments are available contribute to more resilient settings. Finally, supervisors who facilitated a safe interpersonal context supported the women in debriefing about their frustrations and obtain much-needed support.…”

“…In the reciprocal interaction between structure and people, the women employed adaptive strategies as reflexive, knowledgeable people (active agents), who exercise their ability to act (see Filion, 2021;Yuthas et al, 2004). The adaptive strategies (agency) form as part of selfregulation processes and manifest in relation to the conditions governing the social system (structuration) (Barker, 2016). Adaptive strategies are therefore formed by dynamic, mutually influential processes between people and the micro and macro environment (interpersonal, group, organisation, broader sociocultural, political and historical) (Mazzetti & Blenkinsopp, 2012;Neal & Christens, 2014).…”

Origins and Development ofEcological Psychology, the Journal

“…The political scientist Jonathan Barker wrote about living in the small midwestern town that his father, Roger Barker, published famous books and articles about (Barker, 2016). Roger Barker called his enterprise "ecological psychology," and Harry Heft (2001) has put serious effort into showing useful comparisons between Barker's and Gibson's approaches.…”

Psychology's WEIRD Problems

“…One of the most comprehensive attempts to understand everyday behavior by employing field research techniques was carried out by Roger Barker and his colleagues in the small town of Oskaloosa, Kansas, from the 1950s to the 1970s (Barker, 2016). Barker and colleagues' key theoretical innovation was the concept of behavior setting.…”