Cognitive biases like these play a significant role in the way we make decisions so it’s not surprising that people are now examining these biases to see how to exploit them in the design of web sites. I’m going to use the term ‘persuasion architects’ to describe designers who knowingly use these techniques to influence the behaviour of users. (Many skilled designers already use some of these psychological techniques intuitively — but they wouldn’t be able to articulate why they have made a particular design choice. The difference between these designers and persuasion architects is that persuasion architects use these techniques intentionally).
There are 7 main weapons of influence in the persuasion architect’s arsenal:
How do persuasion architects apply these principles to influence our behaviour on the web?
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Persuasion Triggers in Web Design - Smashing Magazine
