Software Design & Psychology
DEFINED
Design
A plan or drawing produced to show the look and function or workings of a building, garment, or other object before it is built or made.
Psychology
The scientific study of the human mind and its functions, especially those affecting behavior in a given context.
Software
The programs and other operating information used by a computer.
Ethics
Moral principles that govern a person's behavior or the conducting of an activity.
POSITIVE
- Enrich users life
- Leave user feeling supported and connected
- Optimize product interaction time spent for user
NEGATIVE
- Designed to become habit forming (addictive)
- Manipulate user
SOCIAL PLATFORM
- Function: Validate Content Relevance
- Social Ranking using Vanity Metrics: number of likes, up-votes, re-shares, views, or comments a post receives.
- Social-comparisons, over time, contribute to negative assessments of one's self-image, self-worth, self-esteem, and a state of general dysphoria.
- Anxiety, Depression, Loneliness [cite study]
TBD 7/8/20