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social research
philosophy and the social sciences
biology and social science
evolutionary psychology
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social research
philosophy and the social sciences
cognitive sciences, neurosciences, and social explanation
evolutionary psychology
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social research
philosophy and the social sciences
evolution and social science
evolutionary psychology
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multicultural psychology
conceptual issues in multicultural psychology
intergroup relations
evolutionary psychology
Preferred term
affordances
Definition
- Definition The concept of affordances stems from and plays a principal role in Gibson's (1979) work in ecological and environmental psychology. The concept concerns what the environment offers its inhabitants - what it provides, furnishes or affords. [Source: The SAGE Dictionary of Qualitative Management Research; Affordances]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/affordances
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