Test 1 Flashcards
Principles for transforming difficult tasks into simple ones
1
Knowledge of the world and head
World: outside individual
Head: internalized info from world
Principles for transforming difficult tasks into simple ones
2
Simplify the structure of tasks
Simple mental aids
Manage visible info
Principles for transforming difficult tasks into simple ones
3
Make things visible
FEEDBACK
Principles for transforming difficult tasks into simple ones
4
Get the mapping right
Response compatibility
Principles for transforming difficult tasks into simple ones
5
Exploit the power of constraints
Affordances
Forcing function
Principles for transforming difficult tasks into simple ones
6
Design for error
Make them easy to recover from or design around them
Principles for transforming difficult tasks into simple ones
7
Standardize
Conform to what people know (driving on right side of road always)
Gulf of Execution
The gap between the users goal of action and the means to execute that goal
Gulf of Evaluation
The degree to which the system provides representations that can be directly perceived and interpreted in terms of the expectations and intentions of the user
Mistake
Error in planning of action
Behavior is inappropriate for situations
Slip
Failure in execution of action
Behavior is appropriate but not carried out right
Lapse
Intended action is forgotten
Type of slip
Violation
Intentional choice to disobey rule without intention of harm
More errors
Action is appropriate in one mode but is carried out in another
Typing in overwrite mode
Error of omission
Fails to perform required action