But the object, place, substance, event, or animal that affords injury need not be encountered it can be avoided, escaped or averted, if perceived.
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The human young must learn to perceive these affordances, in some degree at least, but the young of some animals do not have time to learn the ones that are crucial for survival.James J. Gibson
The perception of what a thing is and the perception of what it means are not separate, either.
James J. Gibson
Psychology is still trying to explain the perception of the position of an object in space, along with its shape, size, and so on, and to understand the sensations of color.
James J. Gibson
What a thing is and what it means are not separate, the former being physical and the latter mental as we are accustomed to believe.
James J. Gibson
There has been a great gulf in psychological thought between the perception of space and objects on one hand and the perception of meaning on the other.
James J. Gibson
The meaning or value of a thing consists of what it affords.
James J. Gibson
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