ABSTRACT
The affordances that are possible for humans can be objectively quantified by finding the right dimensions of the environment taken with respect to the right features of the animal. The affordances in interpersonal coordination were examined exclusively in the interactions of a dyad or a team against a backdrop of environmental constraints quantified along a simple, single dimension. Such a limited look at the environment relegates it to a relatively circumscribed role. This chapter demonstrates the extensive research that people are sensitive to affordances for themselves, one necessary condition for interpersonally coordinated action. It talks about the most important social affordances in our world that is the possibility for joint action the opportunity to participate in becoming some acting entity that is at a higher level than the self, even if it is just a temporary pull into orbit with another. The chapter discusses the evidence that the pull to be a coordinating unit with other individuals is fundamental.
