An
Extension of the Concept of Affordance to Behavior
S.A. Soraci,Jr |
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traditional scientific approach has been to regard the organism and
environment from a dualistic perspective. Gibson's ecological analysis
of perceptual processes, and his concept of affordance, was an attempt
to bridge this dualistic gap. The present paper emphasizes the potential
relevance of the affordance notion for understanding behavior. A
structural or "systemic" perspective on the organism-environment
relation is forwarded. Behavior is seen as a property of this relation.
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