100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People

100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People

by Susan Weinschenk

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Drawing on decades of behavioural psychology research, Susan Weinschenk translates 100 findings about human perception, attention, memory, and motivation into actionable design guidelines. The book covers how people see, read, remember, think, feel, decide, and interact with technology, making complex cognitive science accessible for designers. Each insight is backed by specific research citations and includes practical design implications.

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In this collection, 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People references 4 other books.

It draws on The Design of Everyday Things, Flow and Influence.

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Weinschenk builds on Norman's mental model framework from The Design of Everyday Things when explaining how people form expectations about how interfaces should work

The Design of Everyday Things

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The Design of Everyday Things

by Don Norman

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The book's section on motivation and engagement references Csikszentmihalyi's Flow research to explain how designers can create experiences that sustain user attention and satisfaction

Flow

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Flow

by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

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Weinschenk discusses Cialdini's principles of social proof and reciprocity from Influence when covering how social validation affects user behavior in digital products

Influence

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Influence

by Robert Cialdini

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The chapter on decision-making and irrational behavior draws on Ariely's research from Predictably Irrational to explain how cognitive biases affect user choices in interfaces

Predictably Irrational

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Predictably Irrational

by Dan Ariely

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