Psychological Principles Index

1. Maintain Contiguity of Stimulus and Response

2. Be Forgiving

3. Repetition Increases Retention

4. Reinforce Positive Responses, Then Elaborate

5. Make it Memorable

6. Design for Short-Term Memory

7. Design for Long-Term Memory

8. Design for Functional Memory

9. Use Familiar Organizational Techniques

10. Sequence Material in Familiar Ways

11. Introduce the Topic in an Interesting and Challenging Way

12. Focus on Higher-Order Learning

13. Use Examples

14. Encourage Goal-Setting and Strategies for Controlling Success

15. Provide Shortcuts Through Familiar Areas

16. Link Psychological Goals to Physical Controls

17. KISS

18. KILL

19. Know Your Audience

20. Respect Differences in Learning Styles

21. Stimulate the Recall of Prerequisites

22. Provide "Wait Time" Between Topics

23. Provide Answers to Metacognitive Queries

24. Make Use of the Pleasures of Electronic Media

25. Learn from Computer Games

26. Use "Real-World" Metaphors

27. Define Metaphors Clearly

28. "See & Point" Rather Than "Remember & Type"

29. Be Consistent

30. Allow Successful Transfer of Rules

31. Choose the Active Voice for User Messages

32. Avoid Spatio-Temporal Language

33. Provide Closure