Comm And Tech Exam 1

Front 1

The relationship between what you want to do, and what appears to be possible?

Back 1

Mapping.

Front 2

This is used to mentally stimulate operation

Back 2

Conceptual Model

Front 3

An actual property of a thing which determines how it could be used

Back 3

Affordance

Front 4

A perceived property of a thing which determines how it could be used

Back 4

Affordance

Front 5

A property of an object that limits mapping permutations and helps specify affordances

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Constraint

Front 6

Allows us to predict the effect of our very actions

Back 6

Conceptual Model

Front 7

“Virtually every kind of music is played on the bells....because of the direct link between the playing stand and the clapper of the bell, it is possible to vary the dynamics of the music”. What is this an example of?

Back 7

Mapping

Front 8

Which of the following are aspects of visibility?

Back 8

1. Indications of what parts operate and how
2. Mappings between intended actions and actual operations
3. Highlighting critical distinctions
4. Highlighting the effects of interactions

Front 9

State facts about the author DOET

Back 9

He has a degree in: Engineering, Psychology, and Design

Front 10

To what does one typically attribute someone else’s misfortunes?

Back 10

Their personality.

Front 11

To what does one typically attribute one’s own misfortunes?

Back 11

The environment.

Front 12

To what does one attribute one’s own inability to use an everyday object?

Back 12

Personality.

Front 13

Place the following stages of execution in correct order:

Back 13

Goals, Intention to act, Actual sequence of Actions, physical execution, the world

Front 14

Describe the gulf of execution?

Back 14

The difference between intentions and allowable actions

Front 15

People function through the use of two kinds of knowledge: knowledge of and knowledge how. What are the names for these two kinds of knowledge?

Back 15

Declarative , Procedural

Front 16

Which of the following are characteristics of short term memory:

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Information is retained automatically

Front 17

Which of the following are characteristics of long term memory:

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Interpreted, Subject to changes and distortions

Front 18

Which of the following are properties of knowledge in the world:

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1. Ease of use dependent upon how well it exploits natural mappings and constraints
2. Retrievable whenever visible or audible

Front 19

Which of the following are properties of knowledge in the head?

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1. Efficient
2. Can give more freedom to the designer

Front 20

List the two components of a reminder:

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1. Signal
2. Message

Front 21

What suggests a range of possible actions?

Back 21

Affordances

Front 22

What limits the number of alternative actions?

Back 22

Constraints

Front 23

This is provided by natural mappings?

Back 23

Logical Constraints

Front 24

Made more effective if they are easy to see and interpret?

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Physical constraints

Front 25

Relies on the meaning of the situation to control the set of possible actions?

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Semantic Constraints

Front 26

Not applying this construct in design often leads to problems in the gulf of evaluation

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Feedback

Front 27

Name a construct that designers often violate for aesthetic reasons

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1. Visibility
2. Mapping

Front 28

Give an example of a semantic constraint:

Back 28

The pieces of a puzzle do not match

Front 29

What construct is the act of "forgetting" most closely related to?

Back 29

Loss of activation errors

Front 30

When your account of the actions is ambiguous and fits several possibilities?

Back 30

Description Error

Front 31

When two different action sequences have their beginning stages in common and the familiar sequence takes over the unfamiliar?

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Capture Error

Front 32

Actions triggered by internal thoughts?

Back 32

Associative Activation Error

Front 33

When automatic actions intrude on an ongoing action sequence?

Back 33

Data- Driven Error

Front 34

Most structures for everyday tasks are which of the following?

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Shallow or Narrow

Front 35

Which of the following are part of Norman’s philosophy of designing for errors?

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1. Understand the causes of errors and design to minimize those causes
2.Assume that every possible mishap will occur
3.Make actions reversible
4.Make it easier to discover that errors have occurred ( All of these answers are correct)

Front 36

Which of the following does Gaver claim to address in his research program?

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A. New contexts for interactive technologies
B. New values that technology might embody
C. New methods for engaging with users * all answers are correct

Front 37

What is the relationship between the first author of this paper, Bill Gaver, and Don Norman, the author of DOET?

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Gaver was Norman’s Ph.D student

Front 38

Impels people to question the discourses surrounding technological genres, allowing people to expand, bridge, or reject them as they see fit

Back 38

Ambiguity of Context

Front 39

The painting of Mona Lisa is an example of?

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Ambiguity of Information

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Impels people to question for themselves the truth of a situation

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Ambiguity of Information

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Allows designers to engage users with issues without constraining how they respond?

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1. Ambiguity of Information
2. Ambiguity of Context
3. Ambiguity of Relationship

Front 42

Leads people to imagine how their lives would be different and to form intellectual, aesthetic, emotional and moral judgments

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Ambiguity of Relationship