Social Theory
The study of social relationships, structures, and processes.
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“proactive design”
Cognitive Walkthrough
A usability evaluation method where evaluators walk through tasks to identify potential user difficulties.
Availability Bias
A cognitive bias where people overestimate the importance of information that is readily available.
Git
A distributed version control system for tracking changes in source code during software development.
Bounded Rationality
A concept that humans make decisions within the limits of their knowledge, cognitive capacity, and available time, leading to satisficing rather than optimal solutions.
Anecdotal Fallacy
A logical fallacy where anecdotal evidence is used to make a broad generalization.
Observer Bias
A type of bias that occurs when the observer's expectations or beliefs influence their interpretation of what they are observing, including experimental outcomes.
Prospect Theory
A behavioral economic theory that describes how people choose between probabilistic alternatives that involve risk, where the probabilities of outcomes are known.
Pattern Recognition
The ability to identify and interpret patterns in data, often used in machine learning and cognitive psychology.