interaction design

Resources: For People

People - what makes them tick

Cognitive Framework

Mental Models

• Text: Preece, Rogers & Sharp
  First edition: Ch 3, pp. 92 - 94
  Second edition: Ch 3 pp. 116 - 118

• McDaniel, S (2003) What's Your Idea of a Mental Model?  Boxes and Arrows  Viewed 28 February, 2007 <http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/whats_your_idea_of_a_mental_model_ > 

Theory of Action

• Text: Preece, Rogers & Sharp
  Second edition: Ch 3 pp. 120  –122
  Norman’s Theory of Action

Information Processing

• Text: Preece, Rogers & Sharp
  First edition: Ch 3, pp. 96 - 98
  Second edition: Ch 3 pp.123 - 125

External Cognition

• Text: Preece, Rogers & Sharp
  First edition: Ch 3, pp. 98 - 101
  Second edition: Ch 3 pp.125 - 128

Distributed Cognition

• Text: Preece, Rogers & Sharp
  First edition: Ch 4pp. 133- 135
  Second edition: Ch 3 pp.129 – 131