that as we enter a scene, we’re looking for opportunities for action. How do I fit into this situation? What can I do here? What possibilities does this situation afford? In Gibson’s language, we see “affordances.” A hunter with a gun will see a much bigger field than a hunter with a spear because he has a much wider range of action. A police officer who is holding a gun is more likely to “see” other people holding guns than he would if he were holding a shoe, which is partly why 25 percent of police shootings involve unarmed suspects. Proffitt and Baer hammer home the point: “We perceive the
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