aistintamenehditelmiä
Aistintamenehditelmiä, a Finnish term that can be translated as "perceptual affordances" or "sensory affordances," refers to the possibilities for action that an environment offers to an organism, as perceived by that organism. This concept originates from ecological psychology, particularly the work of James J. Gibson. It emphasizes that affordances are not inherent properties of an object or environment alone, nor are they purely subjective mental constructs. Instead, they are relational properties that exist at the interface between the organism's capabilities and the environment's characteristics.
For example, a flat, horizontal surface of sufficient size affords "sitting" for a human but not for