Demandance
Human-Computer Interaction
2015-07-08 v1
Abstract
A demandance is a psychological "pull" exerted by a stimulus. It is closely related to the theory of "affordance". I introduce the theory of demandance, offer some motivating examples, briefly explore its psychological basis, and examine some implications of the theory. I exemplify some of the positive and negative implications of demandances for design, with special attention to young children and the design of educational products and practices. I suggest that demandance offers an approach to one of the persistent mysteries of the theory of affordance, specifically: Given that there may be many affordances in any particular setting, how do we choose which to actually act upon?
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@article{arxiv.1507.01882,
title = {Demandance},
author = {Jeff Shrager},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1507.01882},
year = {2015}
}
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10 pages