Peltzman Effect
The hypothesis that safety measures may lead to behavioral changes that offset the benefits of the measures, potentially leading to risk compensation.
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Cognitive Ease
The tendency for people to prefer things that are easy to think about and understand.
Humor Effect
The psychological phenomenon where humorous content is more easily remembered and perceived positively by users.
Function Allocation
The process of determining which tasks should be performed by humans and which by machines in a system.
Scannability
The ease with which users can quickly find and understand information on a webpage or document, often enhanced by design elements like headings, bullet points, and short paragraphs.
Confirmation Bias
The tendency to search for, interpret, and remember information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses.
LATCH Model
Location, Alphabet, Time, Category, and Hierarchy (LATCH) is a framework for categorizing information.
Multistability
A key aspect of Gestalt psychology that explains the tendency for ambiguous images to pop back and forth unstably between alternative interpretations in the mind.
BeSci
Behavioral Science (BeSci) is the study of human behavior through systematic analysis and investigation.