GD Information Flashcards
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Hick’s Law
More options lead to harder decisions
“The time and the effort it takes to make a decision increases with the number of options”
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Confirmation Bias
People look for evidence that confirms what they think
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Priming
Previous stimuli influence users’ decisions
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Cognitive Load
Total amount of mental effort required to complete a task
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Anchoring Bias
Users rely heavily on the first piece of information they see
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Nudge
Subtle hints can affect users’ decisions
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Progressive Disclosure
Users are less overwhelmed if they’re exposed to more complex features later
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Fitt’s Law
Large and close elements are easier to interact with.
“The time to acquire a target is a function of the distance to and size of the target”
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Banner Blindness
Users tune out things they get repeatedly exposed to
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Decoy Effect
A new option that is easy to discard.
“asymmetric dominance effect” - decoys are a third, less attractive option completely inferior to the target option but only partially inferior to the other competitor option
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Framing
The way information is presented affects how users make decisions
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Attention Bias
User’s thoughts filter what they pay attention to
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Empathy Gap
People underestimate how much emotions influence user behaviors
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Visual Anchors
Elements used to guide users’ eyes
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Von Restorff Effect
People better remember items that stand out
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Visual Hierarchy
The order in which people perceive what they see
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Selective Attention
People filter out things from their environment when in focus
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Survivorship Bias
People neglect things that don’t make it past a selection process
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Juxtaposition
Elements that are close and similar are perceived as a single unit
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Signifiers
Elements that communicate what they will do
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Contrast
Users’ attention is drawn to higher visual weights
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External Trigger
When the information on what to do next is within the prompt itself
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Centre-Stage Effect
People tend to choose the middle option in a set of items
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Law of Proximity
Elements close to each other are usually considered related
