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Exam 3 (cumulative) Flashcards

1
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What are the two ways to describe how people reason and make decisions?

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Normative & descriptive

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What is normative decision-making?

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Choices a rational person makes under ideal circumstances; pros and cons
ex. if we were computers

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What is descriptive decision-making?

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choices a typical person makes under typical circumstances

ex. humans & emotions

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4
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How can problem solving be measured?

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Moves, accuracy, time

*avoid bad questions, think aloud

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What is the problem space?

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Hypothetical state that shows current state, goal state, all possible spaced in between, and operations to move from one or another
ex. chess match

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What are two important things to consider when dealing with the problem space?

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  1. how the problem is represented - may differ from task environment, needs to facilitate goal achievement
  2. how problem space is searched - consideration and evaluation of allowable moves, limited capacity of working memory (can’t think of all 500 possible moves at once)
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What are three types of strategies used for solving problems?

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forward chaining, backward chaining, means-end analysis

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What is forward chaining?

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Evaluates all possible actions and selects the best option to achieve a goal

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What is backward chaining?

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starts with goal and works backwards to initial state

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What is a means-end analysis?

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you identify the difference between the current state and goal state and try to reduce it (assuming straight path)

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What is an analogy?

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A type of heuristic, comparison between current problem and similar, familiar problem

  • good unless bad analogy
  • can be used to explain process
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What step comes after problem solving?

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Decision making

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What is the expected-utility theory?

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Gambling preference determined by outcomes, probability of happening, risk aversion, individual differences

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What are some descriptive theories of decision-making?

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Framing, bounded rationality, heuristics

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What is framing?

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context of decision changes our decision even when context doesn’t change utility
ex. 20% fat or 80% fat free

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What is bounded rationality?

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decision-maker based decisions on simplified model of the world

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What are heuristics?

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Mental shortcuts, allow us to overcome the many decisions we make every day; can lead to bias

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What is the satisficing heuristic?

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Searching through alternatives until you find one that’s good enough
ex. grocery shopping

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What is elimination-by-aspects heuristic? What does stress cause?

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People only focus on features that are most personally important

ex. buying a car -> eliminate cars over $15k
- more stress, more likely to narrow down
- reduces processing load, but can lead to elimination of optimal choice

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20
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What is availability heuristic?

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How easily you can retrieve an event

  • easy to remember = more likely to remember
  • causes overestimation (ex. plane crashes more memorable, less likely to occur than car crashes)
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What is representativeness heuristic?

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Things that seem more like parent population more likely to occur (atypical doesn’t happen as often)
ex. birth order

22
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Complex tasks [increase/decrease] the use of heuristics?

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increase

23
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How does HFE want to improve decision-making?

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training, should focus on specific task environments; teach statistics

24
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What are decision aids?

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Help improve decision-making performance

ex. notes on index cards, Google Maps - routes based on traffic etc.

25
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A more attractive design [increases/decreases] usability?

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Increases

26
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Emotion changes what level of processing?

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Behavior

27
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[Positive/negative] emotions lead to better brainstorming, examining alternatives, and creativity

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Positive

28
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What are the three levels of processing (Norman)?

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Visceral, behavioral, reflective

29
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What does the visceral level control?

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Automatic responses, emotions, subconscious

30
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What does the behavioral level control?

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Actions, conscious

31
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What does the reflective level control?

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Contemplation, intelligence, thought

32
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What level of processing is the quickest and most reflective?

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visceral

33
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What is the definition of persuasive technology?

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Any computing technology designed with the goal of changing user’s attitude or behavior

34
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What is captology?

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Computers As Persuasive technology

35
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What are the qualifications for captology?

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Persuasion without coercion (force) or deception (misleading)
completely voluntary, requires intentionality
doesn’t include unintended outcomes, only attitude and behavior changes
ex. Amazon dash button

36
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What is macrosuasion?

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Overall persuasive intent of a product

ex. Fitbit - gets you to increase your physical activity

37
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What is microsuasion?

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primary goal not to persuade but that incorporates smaller persuasive elements
ex. Mint.com - tracking and categorizing spending

38
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What are the three roles of PBCTs?

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Tools, media, social actors

39
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What PBCT helps performance and increases user abilities?

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Tools

40
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What PBCT helps enhance the user’s experience; provide insight and experiences?

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Media

41
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What PBCT acts as a virtual peer?

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Social actors

42
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What is needed for a behavior to occur?

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Trigger

43
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What is a trigger?

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Call to action

44
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What do you call a one time behavior change?

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dot

45
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What do you call a behavior change for a set duration?

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Span

46
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What do you call a lasting behavior change? “from now on”

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Path

47
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What are the types of behavior changes?

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new, familiar, increase, decrease, & stop

48
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What are the 8 steps to designing persuasive technology?

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  1. choose behavior to target
  2. choose audience
  3. find what prevents/facilitates target behavior
  4. choose technology channel
  5. find examples of persuasive technology
  6. imitate successful examples
  7. test and iterate quickly
  8. expand on success

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