Researching the mental states beyond information behavior
Tomáš Gál
The objectives of cognitive psychology studies are mental processes, particularly cognitive functions associated with memory, perception, rationalization and problem solving, creativity, working with language and attention. Currently, cognitive psychology is the mainstream of a scientific approach to psychological subprime, especially psychology of personality, developmental psychology or behavioral economics.
Cognitive psychology is based on a functionalist paradigm of cognitive science. Cognitive psychology has a high explanatory potential as well as predictability in analyzing the behavior of people in different environments. This opens an important deal of connections between the cognitive approach and analysis of ways, people access information. There is explanatory potential of design and re-engineering of user interfaces, as well as analyzing the structures of acquiring information, and last, but not least, the expected result of information gathering.
The aim of this contribution is to present case studies that have already been made by co-operation and cognitive psychology and UI/Ux informatics. Then there will be analyzed the known cases of cognitive explanations of design deficiencies. Thirdly, since cognitive psychology comes with a new conceptual apparatus that is new in field of computer science or informatics, some of most important terms will be introduced. Therefore, this contribution also serves as an introduction of the possibilities of overlapping research of users behavior in terms of both their mental processes and their actions.
Comenius University in Bratislava, SK
[email protected]
The objectives of cognitive psychology studies are mental processes, particularly cognitive functions associated with memory, perception, rationalization and problem solving, creativity, working with language and attention. Currently, cognitive psychology is the mainstream of a scientific approach to psychological subprime, especially psychology of personality, developmental psychology or behavioral economics.
Cognitive psychology is based on a functionalist paradigm of cognitive science. Cognitive psychology has a high explanatory potential as well as predictability in analyzing the behavior of people in different environments. This opens an important deal of connections between the cognitive approach and analysis of ways, people access information. There is explanatory potential of design and re-engineering of user interfaces, as well as analyzing the structures of acquiring information, and last, but not least, the expected result of information gathering.
The aim of this contribution is to present case studies that have already been made by co-operation and cognitive psychology and UI/Ux informatics. Then there will be analyzed the known cases of cognitive explanations of design deficiencies. Thirdly, since cognitive psychology comes with a new conceptual apparatus that is new in field of computer science or informatics, some of most important terms will be introduced. Therefore, this contribution also serves as an introduction of the possibilities of overlapping research of users behavior in terms of both their mental processes and their actions.
Comenius University in Bratislava, SK
[email protected]