What is the meaning of "affordance"?

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What is the meaning of "affordance"?

Evidently, the static Storm Motion tool provided weak affordances to controllers during tactical operations.

2006-12-19 23:10:11 · 3 answers · asked by blogit 2 in Social Science ➔ Psychology

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A visual clue to the function of an object.

2006-12-19 23:12:49 · answer #1 · answered by sunshine25 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋

The term "Affordance" was originally coined by the Cognitive Scientist James J. Gibson in order to describe one manner in which the brain might analyze information contained within the world

2006-12-20 00:55:23 · answer #2 · answered by veerabhadrasarma m 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

"to afford" means either 1/ to be able to pay for. 2/ to be able to accommodate.

Affordance probally relates to the second meaning, the storm motion tool cannot accommodate properly the needs of controllers.

2006-12-19 23:24:49 · answer #3 · answered by plwimsett 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋