Version of December 13, 2008

Introduction

This page lists topics, and especially page numbers, for the material you are responsible on the Final Exam. It also lists important HCI technical terms that you need to be able to discuss. You will not be asked to recall terms of material from the chapters, but you will need to recognize and discuss material. (The recognition/recall distinction on page 687 of your textbook.) If a page I list has boxed material on it, you may ignore that material unless I specifically spell it out, as in chapter 3.

I will limit the number of questions you have to answer, so I will not give you questions on every selection in the list below

Each chapter below ends with a Summary and Key points. You should always study these so you'll get the big picture.

Chapters to be covered

1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 12, and 14

In the detailed listings below, ignore all "Activity" and "Box" material on various pages unless they I single them out as things you should know. Assume that material from the figures and tables on the pages listed below are material you should know.

Details

• The textbook itself - You must be able to recall (write down from memory) the title and last names of the three authors.


• Chapter 1 -  Pages 9, 15, 17, 20-23,


• Chapter 2 -  Pages 51-52, 59-60, 64 (be familiar with the pages that follow that expand on page 64)


• Chapter 3 -  Box 3.2 on pages 105-107, the material in the tan boxes on pages 110 and 113, 116-119, 125-128, 129-131.


• Chapter 4 -  The box on page 140, the boxes on pages 152-155, pgs. 161-162


• Chapter 7 - Sec. 7.2 pgs. 292-294, Secs 7.4.1, 7.4.2, and 7.4.3, Secs. 7.5.1, 7.5.2


• Chapter 8 - Sec. 8.3 pgs. 360-368 (this is a lot of material, so there would be no detailed question on it)


• Chapter 10 - Sec. 10.3.1 pgs 477-484


• Chapter 12 - Sec. 12.2 pgs 586-589 Sec, 12.3.1 just the subsection 1, "Usability testing" on pg 591


• Chapter 14 - Sec. 14.2 pgs 646-649

Terms you need to discuss will be given to you and chosen from the following

The twenty or so technical HCI terms below can all be looked up in your textbook's index. If possible, give a brief example to illustrate the terms, to help you avoid writing vague descriptions. Some of the terms, such as "semantic differential scale" are difficult to discuss without an example. All or most of these terms should be in the chapters you are to study. In your answers to the test questions, you should strive to use terms from the list below, as well as others you understand, whenever appropriate.

affordance
asynchronous versus synchronous communication
avatar
cognitive tracing
constraints
distributed cognition
external cognition
metaphor
Likert scale
mental model
open question (in data gathering)
personas
pilot study
prototype
recognition versus recall
semantic differential scale
sliced attention
usability
Wizard of Oz

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