The affordance of my entertainment unit is really high. What is affordance? According to Wikipedia, "An affordance is a quality of an object, or an environment, that allows an individual to perform an action." How do you know whether you need to unscrew the lid or push the lid shut? How do you know whether the door needs to be pushed or pulled?
Now, getting back to how I figured that the affordance of my entertainment unit is high. My seven month old son holds the handle and pulls the draw open and then closes it. He does this for all the three handles that he can reach. Even a baby knows that the draw can be pulled open and pushed close!
(Sorry for the title, you must know how all mothers are proud if their son even if they do nothing at all!)
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