positive psychology & the architecture of information happiness
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Lesley Humphreys IA / Interac5on Designer [email protected] @leslo @design4context
Posi%ve Psychology & the Architecture of Informa%on Happiness WORLD INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE DAY
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Washington, DC, 21 February 2015
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Presenters
INFORMATION ARCHITECT & INTERACTION DESIGNER
Lesley specializes in the user-‐centered design of rich informa5on sites and applica5ons.
Lesley Humphreys
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PosiNve Psychology ● Can we promote posiNve development by examining well-‐being?
● Abraham Maslow, 1954
● MarNn Seligman, U. of Pennsylvania
● Tal Ben-‐Shahar, Harvard
● Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Claremont Graduate University
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When do people feel most happy? “…not the passive, recepNve, relaxing Nmes.”
“…but when a person’s body or mind is stretched to its limits to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile.”
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Differen*a*on: is movement towards uniqueness, a separaNon of the self, by developing your skills.
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Integra*on: is the opposite, when you combine those skills with ideas and enNNes beyond the self.
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“There’s no place that more draws the best from human beings than a mountaineering situa*on…People a>er the same self-‐discipline as yourself, following the deeper commitment…A bond like that with other people is in itself an ecstasy.”
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Credit: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow: the Psychology of Op2mal Experience
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• As pracNNoners, we’re part of a community that does this organically
• We come together, collaborate, & build our skills
• We need new project challenges to exercise these skills
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Skills
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• Our clients come to us with the challenges
• We bring the skills we’ve been building
• Our role is to design together for the end user to also have this flow experience
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Credit: Jim Seida / NBC News
Happiness is a growth experience
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Please Contact: Lesley Humphreys Information Architect, Interaction Designer [email protected]
Thank you.