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Understanding User Psychology: The Psychology of Persuasion

Sachin Rekhi

[This is the second post in my Understanding User Psychology series. When looking to understand user psychology in order to design better product experiences, Robert Cialdini's seminal work, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion , is a classic read. Many simple examples of this exist.

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Ethical Crossroads: Is Your UX Design Helping or Hurting?

UX Planet

It starts with small choices, but together those create a user experience revolution worth getting excited about. Design Meets Psychology: Harnessing Colour & Emotion Every colour choice, button placement, even the size and speed of animations — it’s all meticulously planned to shape our experience. We’ve all been there.

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Mastering the Mind Game: How Priming Shapes Your Online Experience

UX Planet

Introduction Priming, a psychological phenomenon with profound implications in UX design, involves the subconscious activation of specific concepts or mental representations, influencing subsequent behavior or perception. Iconography: Icons can act as powerful primes, conveying meaning and facilitating user interaction.

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Should I Use Persuasive Design?

UX Planet

Photo by Georgie Cobbs on Unsplash Every company wants to make users carry out certain actions on their websites or applications, sometimes not caring about the goal the user has in mind. Sometimes, these actions might not be beneficial to users of the platforms. What is Persuasive Design?

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Pressing necessity of UX Evolution in curbing digital addiction

UX Planet

However, some app companies, particularly major organizations, especially those in the social media industry, have misused design principles, User Experience (UX), and even our understanding of human psychology to boost their profits. making users feel good.

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Behavioural Design Case Study: Headspace

The Product Coalition

Image courtesy: www.boldbusiness.com While Consumer App Designers have begun to increasingly use the understanding of human psychology to make their Apps more ‘effective’ in achieving their goals, its ultimate impact on users’ life is debatable. Let us unravel its persuasive elements one by one.

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My favorite UX & UI design courses

UX Planet

Additionally, I mention two courses from related fields: social psychology and visual thinking. Jakob’s Law (named after Jakob Nielsen) states that since users spend most of their time on other websites, they prefer your site to work the same way as all the other sites they already encountered with.

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