Affordance
"Affordance" is a term used by perceptual psychologists. It is also used in the field of cognitive psychology. Affordance is what an object suggests to us. For example, if you see a bench, you might think to sit down on it, or to lay down on it. Some doors have a panel on one side, and a handle on the other. If you see the panel, you think to push it. If you see the handle, you think to pull it. Perceptual psychologists use the phrase "object affordance" to talk about how objects Donald Norman, The Design of Everyday Things, ISBN 0465067107
- Donald A. Norman (1999). Affordances, Conventions and Design. Interactions 6(3):38-43, May 1999, ACM Press. http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/301153.301168 http://www.jnd.org/dn.mss/affordances-interactions.html
