I haven't taken the HFI course, but did attend the presentation on Persuasion at the last UPA conference and thought that they did a good job discussing the issues. For a solid overview of the role of persuasion in design, you might want to get B.J. Fogg's book on persuasive technologies which highlights a set of principles about how to design persuasive technologies. We are almost always designing our systems to be persuasive implicitly if not explicitly and Fogg was one of the first to try and codify some of the principles, most of which are derived from research in social psychology. The emotional aspect of design has been getting more publicity with Affective design, an early book by Patrick Jordan on pleasurable computing, and more recent books on emotional design by Don Norman and others.
I think that much of what we do in our work is designing a system to be persuasive in some way and understanding the principles of persuasion and persuasive technologies is useful for an interaction designer. If you want some entertaining reading on persuasion, get the books by Robert Cialdini (he has coauthored a recent book with many short essays on persuasion). Wikipedia has a short blurb on Cialdini. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Cialdini Chauncey On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Maerz, Torey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Has anyone been to the PET design class offered through Human Factors > International? http://www.humanfactors.com/training/PET.asp > > > > Is it any good? What do you think about the topic? Any alternatives? > > > > -----Message Disclaimer----- > > This e-mail message is intended only for the use of the individual or > entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is > privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. > If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution or > copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by > reply email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and delete or destroy all copies of > the original message and attachments thereto. Email sent to or from the > Principal Financial Group or any of its member companies may be retained > as required by law or regulation. > > Nothing in this message is intended to constitute an Electronic signature > for purposes of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA) or the > Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act ("E-Sign") > unless a specific statement to the contrary is included in this message. > > While this communication may be used to promote or market a transaction > or an idea that is discussed in the publication, it is intended to provide > general information about the subject matter covered and is provided with > the understanding that The Principal is not rendering legal, accounting, > or tax advice. It is not a marketed opinion and may not be used to avoid > penalties under the Internal Revenue Code. You should consult with > appropriate counsel or other advisors on all matters pertaining to legal, > tax, or accounting obligations and requirements. > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
