HCI Quiz 1 Flashcards

Quiz 1 scope

1
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mechanism for receiving light and trasmitting it into electrical energy

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eye

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2
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rods for low-light vision and cones for color vision

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retina

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3
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detect patterns and movements

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ganglion cells

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4
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early detection of pattern

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x-cells

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5
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early detection of movement

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y-cells

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6
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indicated how much of view object occupies

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visual angle

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7
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ability to perceive detail
familiar objects perceived as a constant size
cues like overlapping help perception of size and depth

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visual acuity

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8
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subjective reaction to levels of light
affected by luminance of object
measured by just noticeable difference

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brightness

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9
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physical characteristic that is measure by a PHOTOMETER

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luminance

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10
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made up of hue, intensity, satureation

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color

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11
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spectral wavelength of the light

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hue

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12
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brightness of the color

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intensity

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13
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amount of whiteness

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saturation

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14
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small area of the retina where images are fixated

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fovea

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15
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it includes saccades and fixation

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reading

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16
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small movement of the eyes when reading

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saccade

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17
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small pause on a visual target

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fixation

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18
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secondary to sight

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hearing

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19
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protects inner and amplifies sound

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outer ear

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20
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transmit sound waves as vibration

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middle ear

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21
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chemical transmitteres are released

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inner ear

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22
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sound frequency

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pitch

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23
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amplitude

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loudness

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24
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type or quality

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timbre

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25
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provides important feedback about environment

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touch

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26
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heat and cold

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thermoreceptors

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27
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pain

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nociceptors

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28
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pressure

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mechanoreceptors

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29
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awareness of body posiiton
affects comfort and performance

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kinethesis

30
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dependent on age, fitness, and etc.

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movement time

31
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dependent on stimulus type

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reaction time

32
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descrives the time taken to hit a screen target

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fitts’ law

33
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3 TYPES OF MEMORY FUNCTION

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sensory memory
short-term memory
long-term memory

34
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UNDER SENSORY MEMOR

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ionic memory
echoic memory
haptic memory

35
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visual stimuli

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ionic memory

36
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aurals stimui

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echoic memory

37
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tactilie stimuli

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haptic memory

38
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concentration of mind

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atention

39
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serial memory of events

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episodic

40
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structured memory of facts, concepts, skills

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semantic

41
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child nodes inherit properties of parents nodes

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inheritance

42
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contain default, fixed or variabvle infos

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frame slots

43
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entry conditions, results, rules, scenes

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scripts

44
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must be satisfied condition

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entry condition

45
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will be true condition after scripot ended

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result

46
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objects involved in the event

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props

47
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actions performed by a particular participant

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roles

48
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sequences of events that occur

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scenes

49
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varaiton on the general pattern to alternative scenario

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tracks

50
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infos from STM to LTM

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rehersal

51
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amount retained proportionally

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total time hypothesis

52
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infost lost gradually but very slowly

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decay

53
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new infos replaces/interfer with the old

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interference

54
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infos i n memory that is assisted by cues

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recall

55
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infos give knowledge

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recognition

56
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common cue to recall infos by scene visualization

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vivid/imagery

57
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3 TYPES OF REASONING

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deductive r.
inductive r.
abductive r.

58
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derive logically necessary conclusion
logical conclusions not necessarily true

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deduction

59
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generalize from cases seen to cases unseen

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induction

60
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reasoning from event to cause

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abductive reasoning

61
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process of finding solution

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problem solving

62
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both productive and reproductive
productive shows on insight and restriction of problem

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gestalt

63
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skilled activity characterized by chuncking

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skil acquisition

64
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right intention, but failed to do it right
cause: poor physical skill, inattention

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slips

65
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wrong intention
cause: incorrect understanding

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mistakes

66
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emotion = interpretations of a psychological response to a stimuli

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james-lange

67
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emotion = psychological response to a stimuli

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cannon

68
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emotion = result of evaluation
involves both cognitive and physical response

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Schacter-singer

69
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biological response to physical stimuli

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affect

70
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“Negative affect can make it harder to do even an easy task; positive affect can make it easier to do difficult tasks”

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Donald Norman