Book Titles

Seductive Interaction Design
Creating Playful, Fun, and Effective User Experiences

By Stephen Anderson

Year Published: 2011
ISBN-13: 978-0321725523
Categories: Delight, Design, Interaction

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Reciprocity states that we are all bound – even driven – to repay debts of all kinds. When someone does something for you, you feel obligated to repay.

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Gifts given freely, with no expectations, tend to pay off more than quid pro quo transactions masquerading as gifts.

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In every new situation, we learn by recognizing patterns and associating this stimulus with things we’ve encountered before.

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The feeling we get from… interaction gaps is best described as deprivation, which is critical to understanding why we are motivated by curiosity.

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If you want to make someone curious, make them aware of something they don’t know.

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…anxiety, present or vividly remembered, is an important part of experiencing delight. The contrast makes the delight intense and memorable.

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Humor also is a safe way of exploring negative situations – often relying on shock or on setting the audience off balance in some way.

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At the most basic level, simply opening up your site to allow comments and reviews is a way to allow self-expression.

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Whenever you can put something into simpler terms, you increase the odds that people will actually do that thing.

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When we make a statement, whether it’s public or just to ourselves, we tend to want to be consistent with that statement.

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