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Affordance. (2004-2006). Wikipedia, Retrieved March 20, 2006, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affordance
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Affordance is a term introduced by James J. Gibson in 1966.
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"... property of an object, or a feature of the immediate environment, that indicates how to interface with that object or feature"
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Gibson originally introduced it as an objective term referring to all action possibilities that are possible and within the capabilities of the subject. Donald Norman refined this in 1988 to a subjective perceived affordance that includes definitions of what is likely to happen based upon the subject's experiences, beliefs etc.
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A perceived affordance (according to the field of ecological cognition) leads the subject to derive a plan to act upon that affordance. Unless cognitive dissonance occurs (using the object in ways other than suggested by the affordances), that plan will be acted upon.
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