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Assignment 1: Discussion—Visual Searches
Think of a time when you had to locate someone in a crowd, such as a participant in a parade, a friend in a packed theater, or a runner in a marathon. Based on your experience, respond to the following:
- Were you successful in locating the person? What strategy did you use?
- Did your search make use of the pop-out effect? How? If not, how might using the pop-out effect have resulted in a successful or quick search?
- Did you conduct a conjunctive search? If yes, how did the number of distracters and features affect your search?
- Using the principles you have read about in this module, how would you make the material in a long e-mail stand out in order to ensure that the reader notices it?
Visual searches are also very important in warnings. Warnings need to stand out from their background. The warning must first be noticed, then read and understood. For example, a stick figure could be performing an ambiguous action and have an “X” through it. You, therefore, understand that while you are not supposed to perform some action, you do not understand what that action actually is.
