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Chapter 03: How People Remember
This course was created for the Spring 2019 section of GRD271, to help students learn more about how people remember. This chapter includes information on how and why people do or don't remember different information, how distractions affect memory, how memories can be incorrect, and ways designers can plan their UI/UX experiences around people's tendency to forget information.
Modules (11)
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19. Short-term memory is limited
Point 19 from "100 Things Every Designer Need to Know About People"
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20. People only remember four items at once
Point 20 from "100 Things Every Designer Need to Know About People"
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21. People have to use information to make it stick
Point 21 from "100 Things Every Designer Need to Know About People"
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22. It's easier to recognize information than recall it
Point 22 from "100 Things Every Designer Need to Know About People"
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23. Memory takes a lot of mental resources
Point 23 from "100 Things Every Designer Need to Know About People"
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24. People reconstruct memories each time they remember them
Point 24 from "100 Things Every Designer Need to Know About People"
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25. It's a good thing that people forget
Point 25 from "100 Things Every Designer Need to Know About People"
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26. The most vivid memories are wrong
Point 26 from "100 Things Every Designer Need to Know About People"
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Quiz: Points 19-26
This is a quiz on the contents of Chapter 03.
| Course resource | Original resource | Created by |
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| 19. Short-term memory is limited | 19. Short-term memory is limited | Benjamin Elrod |
| 20. People only remember four items at once | 20. People only remember four items at once | Benjamin Elrod |
| 21. People have to use information to make it stick | 21. People have to use information to make it stick | Benjamin Elrod |
| 22. It's easier to recognize information than recall it | 22. It's easier to recognize information than recall it | Benjamin Elrod |
| 23. Memory takes a lot of mental resources | 23. Memory takes a lot of mental resources | Benjamin Elrod |
| 24. People reconstruct memories each time they remember them | 24. People reconstruct memories each time they remember them | Benjamin Elrod |
| 25. It's a good thing that people forget | 25. It's a good thing that people forget | Benjamin Elrod |
| 26. The most vivid memories are wrong | 26. The most vivid memories are wrong | Benjamin Elrod |
| Quiz: Points 19-26 | Quiz: Points 19-26 | Benjamin Elrod |