Look at the following door handles. How can we use them to open doors?
From the designs of the door handles, you can guess how a door can be opened by using the handles. The features or functions of the door handles are related to the term affordance.
Affordance is a term coined by J.J. Gibson which refers to:
Now look at the following picture. What are the actual/real and perceived affordances of the tree?
Share your understanding about the real and perceived affordances of the tree by using the discussion forum on this page. Start by creating a new post with the title "Affordances of the tree". You may also give comments in the forum with a title "comments".
The perceived affordances of an object may not always be the same as the designed (real) affordances. For instance, in the following picture, obviously the sickle is not used as originally designed. However, the sickle is still useful in the given context.
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In this activity, each group chooses a tool from the list of cases, then discuss the tool based on the following questions:
List of Cases:
Attempt to include your online group member(s) in your discussion. Share your group thoughts by adding a comment below.
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