Psychological science and analogical reminding in the design of artifacts

Author(s): Adelson, B.

Journal/Book: Behav Res Method Instrum Comp. 1998; 30: 1710 Fortview Rd, Austin, TX 78704. Psychonomic Soc Inc. 314-319.

Abstract: In this article, we discuss two approaches to design currently prevalent in the field of human-computer interaction. Proponents of one approach advocate working from first principles of psychological science; practitioners of the second, engineering, approach find that successful design is often the result of analogical discovery. However, these approaches have not yet been evaluated for the usability of their methods. Can designers work in each of these ways? What are the difficulties? How can they be overcome? In this paper, we take a first step in addressing these questions. We analyze the form in which principle-based design poses its questions, thereby uncovering some of the difficulty that is encountered in this way of working. Furthermore, we analyze the form in which engineering problems are expressed and identify an advantage of this typically analogical way of working. We then suggest a way in which analogy-based design can supplement both principle-based and empirically driven design.

Note: Article Hewett TT, Drexel Univ, Dept Psychol Sociol Anthropol, Philadelphia,PA 19104 USA

Keyword(s): MEMORY; RETRIEVAL

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