As a baby you have no Mental Model?
When using a familiar interface, does the brain have......
An existing mental model in place from previous experiences.
An mental model which is newly created by the interface.
Tick the benefits of a Mental Model
Makes the interface predictable
Easy to learn
Mistakes more likely
Transferable skills, so another application using the same ideas will be equally easy
Modelling a Human, name all of the senses, that humans use to take information to the brain to process.
See, Hear, Smell, Touch, Taste
Taste, See, Smell
See, Taste, Touch
See, Hear, Smell, Taste
What is the 'cognitive' part?
To multiply information in a form.
To combine multiple information to not form a view of what is happening.
To combine multiple information streams in memory to form a more rounded view of what is happening.
Does this define recognition? You smell something or hear a song and a distant memory instantly get triggered.
Tick which ones focus on the main processes when attempting to explain how human perceive and remember things.
Perceptual store
HCI
Short term memory
Long term memory
Input sensors
Cognitive
True or False, Although the Model Human Processor has merit, it does not cover everything about the way a person deals with information.
True or False, The 'Model Human Processor' was developed by Dard, Morin, and Newill in 1973.
True or False, The brain has different processing centres for dealing with visual and audio information.
Although the Model Human Processor has merit, it does not cover everything about the way a person deals with information.
The Mental Model focuses on three main processes when attempting to explain how humans perceive and remember things. Select one main process.
Mid term memory
