Aesthetics | Biases |
Bounded Rationality (humans are basically rational with some important limitations) | Community Perspectives |
Competition | Creativity |
Culture | Emotion |
Human Biology | Human Cognitive Characteristics |
Human Error | Human Happiness / Human Thriving |
Human Limitations (e.g. attention span) | Human Needs |
Human Perceptions | Human Scale |
Humor | Imagination |
Information Behaviors (e.g. ambiguity avoidance) | Information Environments |
Institutions | Language |
Lifestyles | Motivation |
Norms | Opinions |
Personalities | Physical Environment |
Politics | Privacy |
Quality of Life | Rational Thought |
Reciprocity | Rights & Freedoms |
Risk Behaviors (e.g. risk avoidance) | Sense & Sensation |
Social Conditions / Social Environment | Social Perspectives |
Social Stability | Storytelling |
Symbols | The Human Condition |
Traditions | Values |
Verbal Thinking / Verbal Communication | Visual Thinking / Visual Communication |
Human Scale
Generally speaking, all things or most things are build to human scale. For example, a large building is based on the height of floors based on human height and perceptions of space.Man is the Measure of All Things
Man is the measure of all things is a statement by ancient Greek philosopher Protagoras. This is interpreted to mean that objective truth is beyond human comprehension -- that as humans we must interpret things as humans do.Cold Logic
Cold logic is the neglect of the human perspective whereby a position that is ostensibly logical ignores human realities. For example, evaluating a social issue in terms of money without any consideration of human impacts.Overview: Human Perspective | ||
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Definition | The consideration of human factors and the human experience in formulating ideas, solving problems and making decisions. | |
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