Affordance Theory in Ecological Psychology
어포던스 (행동유도성) 생태심리학
An ecological psychology theory positing that the environment directly presents actionable properties and possibilities ("affordances") relative to the bodily capabilities of an organism without mediating mental representations.
| Field | Cognitive Science · Psychology |
|---|---|
| Level of analysis | Micro · Individual |
| Paradigm | Cognitivism Phenomenology |
| Key figures | 👤 James J. Gibson (제임스 깁슨) |
| Year | 1979 |
Key Claims
James J. Gibson rejected traditional indirect computational cognition, introducing ‘affordances’ as relational, directly perceivable action possibilities offered by the environment to an animal (e.g., walk-on-able, grasp-able, sit-on-able), fundamentally transforming cognitive science and UX design.
Further Reading
- Gibson, J. J. (1979). The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception. Houghton Mifflin.
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