Norman Vocabulary Flashcards
Gulf of Execution
Trying to figure out use.
Gulf of Evaluation
What state is it in? Did actions achieve goal?
7 stages of action
Goal Plan Specify Perform Perceive Interpret Compare
opportunistic actions
those actions in which the behavior takes advantage of circumstances
root cause
the real reason the need or problem arises
Conscious Attention
Reflective learning
declarative memory
memory for factual information
procedural memory
recalling activities preformed
cognition
provides understanding
emotion
provides value judgements
subconscious
Fast, Automatic, Multiple resources, Controls skilled behavior.
conscious
Slow, Controlled, Limited resources, Invoked for novel situations, when in danger, when things go wrong.
visceral level
respond quickly and subconsciously. Lizard brain.
behavior level
the home of learned skills
reflective level
the home of conscious cognition, Deep and slow.
Flow state
to be completely immersed in activity, loose track of time and outside environment.
conceptual model
are a form of story, resulting from a predisposition to find explanations.
learned helplessness
repeated failure leads to belief it cannot be done
feedforward
answers questions of execution
feedback
aids in understanding what has happened
affordances
exist to make the desired actions possible
netiquette
the correct or acceptable way of communicating on the internet
