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1
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Parts of the design thinking model

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Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, Test

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Affordance

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the relationship between the properties of the user and the capabilities of the artifact (backwards teapot)

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3
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What explains how an artifact works and is understood by developers and designers?

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Conceptual model

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4
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What explains how a user perceives how an artifact or system should work and is often inaccurate?

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Mental model

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5
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Double diamond model

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Divergence and convergence
Finding the right problem and finding the right solution

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6
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Personas are a method most appropriate and useful in which stage of the design thinking model?

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Empathize

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7
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A persona is typically developed using a single, real person as a model where this person represents a target user of your design

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False

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8
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In chapter 2 of norman, he describes two knowledge gaps users must overcome to use a technology effectively

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Gulf of execution/Gulf of evaluation

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9
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Affinity diagrams are a method of brainstorming that help designers generate and organize ideas, information, and observations to identify patterns and insights. They are most often used in which phase of design thinking?

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Define/Ideate

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10
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The two basic types of knowledge knowing that (fact) and knowing how (steps) are called

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Declarative and procedural

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11
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Short term memory is the human’s capacity to store a small amount of information in the mind for a short period of time, therefore as designers we should be mindful of how much info we present to the user

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True

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12
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When designing an activity what is it important to know?

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What does the user do
What do other people do
What does tech do
What does the documentation or other knowledge resources do

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13
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Norman calls this distribution of knowledge

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Allocation of functions (who does what)

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14
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Small amounts of data can be made easier for a user to scan if they are structured, broken apart groups of data are called…

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Chunks

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15
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Norman’s principle where activities are constrained to a particular sequence is called

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Interlock (User can’t move forward until you have all appropriate info)
Type of constraint

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16
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Design principle where activities cannot be interrupted

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Lock in

17
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Design principle to prevent an activity

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Lock out

18
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According to norman, every design decision constraints future decisions

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True

19
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Norman’s 4 types of constraints are

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Physical (legos, auto parts)
Cultural (conventions, standards, internationalization)
Semantic (situated actions, traffic lights, UI widgets)
Logical (what makes sense for the situation, mappings)

20
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Designer constraints are

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What’s possible

21
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User constraints

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What people can do, what is afforded by tech

22
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Objects near each other appear grouped

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Proximity

23
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Objects that look similar appear grouped

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Similarity

24
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Our visual perception is biased to perceive continuous forms rather than disconnected segments

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Continuity

25
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Our visual system automatically tries to close figures that are open

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Closure

26
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Our visual system parses complex scenes in a way that reduces their complexity by recognizing symmetries in the scene

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Symmetry

27
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Our mind separates the visual field (background) and foreground

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Figure/ground

28
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Objects that move together are perceived as grouped or related

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Common fate

29
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According to johnson chap 2 we are hard wired to perceive structures and patterns

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True

30
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UI design guidelines are like recipes and should be followed exactly as written

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False

31
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What is habituation?

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Repeated exposure to the same stimuli reduces our attention

32
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What stages in design thinking are scenarios most useful?

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Define, ideate, test

33
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Johnson gives three design suggestions

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  • Avoid ambiguity (Helps user perceive what designer wants)
  • Be consistent
  • Understand the user’s goal
34
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Scenarios are stories designers use to

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Explore the problem space
Identify and evaluate product ideas
Suggest product design features
Evaluate product in development and production product design features

35
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3 different types of scenario based design

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Problem scenarios
Envisioning scenarios
Evaluation scenarios

36
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What are design guidelines schneiderman/schneiderman and plaisant does johnson reference?

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Consistency
Universal usability
Informative feedback
Closure
Prevent errors
Easy reversal of actions
Make users feel they’re in control
Minimize short term memory load

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