21. Not everything that can be
counted counts, and not
everything that counts can
be counted.
-- Albert Einstein
(but really it’s William Bruce Cameron)
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54. How UX can use Behavior
Sciences
1. Not just for habits
2. Has to be measured
3. Learn from new science
4. Not about trickery
5. UX should lead
6. Should try to predict
7. Use persuasion principles
55. …some useful resources
KNOWING USERS
“Thinking Fast and Slow” Daniel Kaneman
“Nudge” Richard Thaler
“Influence: Psychology of Persuasion” Robert Cialdini
“Predictably Irrational” Daniel Ariely
SETTING VISION
“Designing for Behavior Change” Stephan Wendell
DESIGN
“Evil By Design” Chris Nodder
“Seductive Interaction Design (Mental Notes)” Stephen Anderson
“Design with Intent” Dan Lockton
“Designing for Emotion” Aaron Walter
“Designing for the Social Web – Joshua Porter
TESTING
“Measuring the User Experience” Tom Tullis
56. if everyone agrees on everything in a field
then it's a dying field.
-- bill buxton
Change what we do.
And what our users can do.
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How many people have ever built a wireframe?
And how many people have ever been brought on to a project at the point wireframes were needed?
I may have some ammunition for you if you’ve ever been brought in at those situations.
The big Q to ask them:
“What behavior are we trying to change?”
And don’t let them say things like “sell more shit” “get them to use our shit”
The beauty of this question is you have to answer the question knowing who we are reaching, what their current behavior is and what is the new behavior.
How our Mind Works:
- most times it’s on autopilot
- even when not on autopilot, we seek to make things easier
- simple obvious stuff matters
in our life time we went from paper tickets to online tickets
And in our lifetime we went from not paying fees to get on planes to paying fees.
FOUR STAGES OF DESIGNING FOR BEHAVIOR CHANGE
Understand
How we make decisions
CREAT action funnel
Strategies for behavior change
Discover
Outcome
Actor
Actions
Design
Behavioral Plan
User Stories
Interface Designs
Product
Refine
Changes and measurements
Insights and Ideas
Impact and Assessment
I am wearing a heart rate monitor during this presentation for 2 reasons.
To see what happens to my heart rate during this presentation. Clearly I still get nervous
To make a point but I will wait to tell you what it is at the end.
If you are interested, I will tweet out the chart of my heart rate during this presentation. Find me at @estojakovic
Randomized control groups (A/B testing)
You’ll need statisticians
Experiments
driving better = show videos, instructional, etc. but actually driving better?
more likely to be a better driver if watch video
data bridge: cheat (see stats in other research) or build it yourself
Randomized control groups (A/B testing)
You’ll need statisticians
Experiments
driving better = show videos, instructional, etc. but actually driving better?
more likely to be a better driver if watch video
data bridge: cheat (see stats in other research) or build it yourself
we are all about testing and learning, now it’s never been more important
TACTICS TO REDUCE BARRIERS TO TAKE ACTION (p178)
CUE - need something to cross your mind
. tell user what action it is (follow me)
. make it clear where to act (we can, not read)
. clear distractions
REACTION – how do I respond to cue
. make it look great
. deploy social proof
. display strong authority on subject
. be authentic and personal
EVALUATION
.Make associations for them
. loss aversion
. use peer comparisons
. use competition
. avoid cognitive overload
. avoid choice overload
. avoid paying people to do things
ABILITY – abilty to achive
. default everything
. visualize people taking the action
. cheat (choose route with less work)
. Peer comparisons
TIMING
. remind prior commitment to act
. make commitment to friends
. value present more than future
. make reward scarce