CONTROL AND COMPLEXITY IN NOVEL OBJECT ENRICHMENT

We discuss the properties of controllability and complexity in novel o bject enrichment, their definition and present a critique of previous work related to them. We address the relationship between control and complexity the evolutionary basis of their attractiveness and suggest that the acquisition of control may be a more enriching process than i ts execution. We propose that, although little work has been directed at separating their relative contributions to enrichment, controllabil ity appears more important than complexity. We discuss the ways in whi ch objects can be responsive both in terms of the predictability of th e response and the 'grade' of actor-object interaction.