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Design Principles

Subject : engineering
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1. An attribute of an object that allows people to intuitively know how to use it






2. 1) Physiological 2) Safety 3) Love 4) Self-Esteem 5) Self-Actualization

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3. Given a choice between functionally equivalent designs - the simplest design should be selected.

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4. The greater the effort to accomplish a task - the less likely the task will be accomplished successfully.






5. The visual clarity of text - generally based on the size - typeface - contrast - text block - and spacing of the characters used.






6. As the flexiblity of a system increases - its usability decreases.






7. The time it takes to make a decision increases as the number of alternatives increases.

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8. Tendency to form an overall positive impression of a person on the basis of one positive characteristic






9. The tendency to perceive objects as unchanging - despite changes in sensory input. (such as perspective - lighting - color or size)






10. A method of managing system complexity that involves dividing large systems into multiple - smaller self- contained systems.






11. Elements that are connected by uniform visual properties - such as color - are perceived to be more related than elements that are not connected.






12. A point of physical or attentional entry into a design. (Minimal Barriers - Points of Prospect - Progressive Lures)






13. A technique that influences decision making and judgement by manipulating the way information is presented.






14. When participants realise the aim of the study and may change their behaviour to help or disrupt the study.






15. An ability to detect threatening stimuli more efficiently than nonthreatening stimuli.






16. The tendency to see attractive people as more intelligent - competent - moral and sociable than unattractive people.






17. A tendency to see people and things iwth baby- faced features as more naive - helpless - and honest than those with mature features.






18. Teh act of copying properties of familiar objects - organisms - or environments in order to realize specifice benefits afforded by those properties.






19. A diagram that describes the general pattern followed by the eyes when looking at evenly distributed - homogeneous information.






20. An original model on which something is patterned






21. A state of mental focus so intense that awareness of the 'real' world is lost - generally resulting in a feeling of joy and satisfaction.






22. A method of illustrating relationships and patterns in system behaviors by representing two or more system variables in a controlled way.






23. Repeated exposure to stimuli for which people have neutral feelings will increase the likeability of the stimuli.






24. Elements that are similar are perceived to be more related than elements that are dissimilar.






25. The debgree to which prose can be understood - based on the complexity of words and sentences.






26. A relationship between variables in a system where the consequences of an event are fed back in order to modify the event in the future.






27. A technique used to asociate a stimulus with an unconscious physical or emotional response.






28. Memory for recognizing things is better than memory for recalling things.






29. The act of measuring certain sensitive variable in a system can alter them - and confound the accuracy of the measurement.






30. Tendency to perceive a set of individual elements as a single - recogniable pattern - rather than multiple - individual elements.






31. The deliberate use of a weak element that will fail in order to protect other elements in the system from damage.






32. Elements that are close together are percieved to be more related than elements that are farther apart.






33. People tend to prefer savanna- like environments to other types of environments. Open areas - scattered trees - water - and uniform grassiness rather than other natural environments such as desert - jungle - and complex mtns.






34. A process in which similar characteristics evolve independently in multiple systems.






35. A method of reorganizing information to make the information simpler - more meaningful and easier to remember. (ie. First Letter - Keyword - Rhyme - Feature Name)






36. A technique of combining many units of information into a limited number of units or chunks - so that the information is easier to process and remember.






37. A phenomenon in which perception and behavior changes as a result of personal expectations or the expectations of others. (Halo effect - Hawthorne effect - Pygmalion effect - Placebo effect - Rosenthal effect - Demand characteristics.)






38. There are three ways to organize materials to support a load or to contain and protect something: Mass structures - frame structures - and shell structures.






39. A technique for bringing attention to an area of text or image.






40. An activity will be pursued only if its benefits are equal to or greater than the costs. (ie. How much reading is too much to get the point of a message?)






41. A relationship between controls and their movements or effects. When th effect corresponds to the expectation - the mapping is considered to be good or natural.






42. A method of creating imagery - emotions - and understanding of events through an interaction between a storyteller and an audience.






43. The level of control provided by a system should be related to the proficiency and experience levels of the people using the system.






44. A Gestalt principle of organization holding that aspects of perceptual field that move or function in a similar manner will be perceived as a unit






45. The tendency for people to behave differently when they know they are being studied






46. A property in which a form is made up of parts similar to the whole or to one another.






47. A tendency to interpret ambiguous images as simple and a complete unit - versus complex and incomplete. (Gestalt principle of perception).






48. The time required to move to a target is a function of the target size and distance to the target.

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49. The relative ease with which a destination - idea - or concept may be reached.






50. Elements perceived as either figures (objects of focus) or ground (the rest of the perceptual field)







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