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Now it's time for a bit of cognitive psychology. We'll look at how the human brain processes information and how users approach the user interface with set expectations.
New Terms:
- Cognitive psychology: the scientific study of mental processes
- Mental model: an explanation of someone's thought process about how something works in the real world.
Processes:
- attention
- language use
- memory
- perception
- problem-solving
- creativity
- thinking
Alan Dix's four golden rules of navigation:
- Knowing where you are
- Knowing what you can do
- Knowing where you are going - or what will happen
- Knowing where you've been - or what you've done
Further Reading:
- The Design of Everyday Things - Donald A. Norman
- Complete Beginner’s Guide to Interaction Design - UX Booth
- UX Design Glossary: How to Use - Affordances in User Interfaces - Tubik Studio
Resources:
- UX Design Patterns - Treehouse course
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Cognitive psychology is the scientific
study of mental processes.
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The American Psychological Association
breaks it down into these processes.
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Attention, [SOUND] language use,
[SOUND] memory,
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[SOUND] perception,
[SOUND] problem solving,
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[SOUND] creativity, [SOUND] and thinking.
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This is a broad field.
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So I'll just touch on the areas that
are most relevant to UX design.
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