Lesson 3: Human Factors as HCI Theories

Any effort to design an effective interface for human-computer interaction (HCI) requires two basic elements, what are they?

• UNDERSTANDING OF COMPUTER FACTORS

• HUMAN BEHAVIOR

• COGNITIVE SCIENCE

• ERGONOMICS

What are the main underlying theory of HCI, Human factors that can largely be divided into?

• UNDERSTANDING OF COMPUTER FACTORS

• HUMAN BEHAVIOR

• COGNITIVE SCIENCE

• ERGONOMICS

____________ formulates and revises a “plan,” then decides what to do based on the various knowledge in the memory, and finally acts it out by commanding the motor system.

What do you call a mismatch between the user’s mental model and the task model employed by the interactive system?

__________ is a task modeling and human problem-solving model which stores momentary and short-term information or long-term knowledge.

____________ is by far the most important information medium.

• VISUAL MODALITY

• AURAL MODALITY

• HAPTIC MODALITY

• TACTILE MODALITY

A display system is typically composed of an array of small rectangular areas called _____________?

• DISPLAY RESOLUTION

• PIXEL

• CONTRAST

• BRIGHTNESS

What do you call this perpendicular distance to the surface of the display?

• FIELD OF VIEW

• VISUAL ACUITY

• DISPLAY FIELD OF VIEW

• VIEWING DISTANCE

______________ refers to the time differences among sound waves that emanate from the same source.

_________ is defined to be the modality that takes advantage of touch by applying forces, vibrations, or motions to the user.

• TACTILE

• VISUAL

• HAPTIC

• MULTIMODAL