Psychology for Interaction Design
Course code
IFI7364.DT
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Course title in Estonian
Interaktsioonidisaini psühholoogia
Course title in English
Psychology for Interaction Design
ECTS credits
4.0
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lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester
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lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
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Course aims
The course aims to explain the role of human behaviour and cognitions in the Interaction Design process and methods. A deep understanding of psychological reasons for the individual perception and social behaviour of users can help designers to improve product usability and user experience. The course will assist future designers in creating products, keeping in mind the human's latent needs, cognitive processes (e.g., sensations, attention, perception, etc.), motivation, emotions, and social influences on human behaviour.
Brief description of the course
The course consists of theoretical lectures that provide the required knowledge of psychological theories and their applications in Interaction Design.
The topics covered in the course include, but are not limited by:
Understanding human behaviours, related to user interaction;
Understanding cognitive processes (sensation, attention, perception etc.), and application of various psychological laws in the Interaction Design;
Theories of emotion and motivation and application of different principles in design;
Connecting Social Psychology and Interaction Design;
Overview of research methods, types of data, and data collection methods rooted in psychology and used in design research.
The topics covered in the course include, but are not limited by:
Understanding human behaviours, related to user interaction;
Understanding cognitive processes (sensation, attention, perception etc.), and application of various psychological laws in the Interaction Design;
Theories of emotion and motivation and application of different principles in design;
Connecting Social Psychology and Interaction Design;
Overview of research methods, types of data, and data collection methods rooted in psychology and used in design research.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- can understand various perspectives of psychology and their application in Interaction design;
- can understand the role of human cognitive processes, motivation, emotions, social influences, and their applications in the interaction design;
- can apply various laws of psychology relevant to the interaction design process.
- can understand various perspectives of psychology and their application in Interaction design;
- can understand the role of human cognitive processes, motivation, emotions, social influences, and their applications in the interaction design;
- can apply various laws of psychology relevant to the interaction design process.
Teacher
Farhat-ul-Ain
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