Mental models : design of user interaction and interfaces for domestic energy systems

✍ Scribed by Revell, Kirsten M. A.; Stanton, Neville Anthony

• Publisher: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 313
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

There is a resurgence of interest in mental models due to advances in our understanding of how they can be used to help design and due to the development of practical methods to elicit them. This book brings both areas together with a focus on reducing domestic energy consumption. The book focuses on how mental models can be applied in design to bring out behaviour change resulting in increased achievement of home heating goals (reduced waste and improved comfort). This book also offers a method to extract and apply mental models to interface design. The approach enables mental models to be applied across domains when behaviour change was sought, and is validated as a useful design method.

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
Authors
List of Abbreviations
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Who Is This Book For?
1.2 How Different Readers Should Approach Reading the Book? 1.3 Background 1.4 Aims and Objectives/Purpose
1.4.1 Overall Hypotheses
1.4.2 Sub-Hypotheses
1.5 Contribution to Research
1.6 Structure of the Book
Chapter 2 Models of Models: Filtering and Bias Rings in Depiction of Knowledge Structures and Their Implications for Design 2.1 Introduction 2.1.1 The Concept of Mental Models as Inferred Knowledge in Cognitive Processing
2.1.1.1 Johnson-Laird ( 1983)
2.1.1.2 Bainbridge ( 1992)
2.1.1.3 Moray ( 1990)
2.1.1.4 Summary of Comparison of Theories of Cognitive Processing 2.2 Importance of Accuracy in Mental Model Descriptions: The Development of an Adaptable Framework 2.2.1 Bias and Filtering When Constructing or Accessing Mental Models
2.2.2 Accuracy of Mental Model Content: A Case Study of Kempton ( 1986) Illustrating the Impact of Methodology 2.2.2.1 Bias When Accessing Another Person's Mental Model 2.2.3 Accuracy in Definition: The Perspective from Which Data Is Gathered
2.2.3.1 Norman ( 1983)
2.2.3.2 Wilson and Rutherford (1989)
2.2.3.3 Summary of Comparison of Perspectives of Mental Models

✦ Subjects

Dwellings;Heating and ventilation;Control;Equipment and supplies;Design and construction;Dwellings;Energy conservation;Mental representation;Human-machine systems;HOUSE & HOME;Do-It-Yourself;Plumbing