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Specificity
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Specific actions can be more effective than "general" ones.
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Introduction
Even if the ingredients are identical, a remedy for "back pain" can be more effective than a generic painkiller.
Specific actions and solutions feel "designed-for-purpose", and the psychological effect can enhance the more 'real' benefits.
In medicine, it's similar to the very real benefits of a placebo.
But it's also true for digital products. Specific actions can feel better, more satisfying and more intentional.
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Potential impacts
Input quality
- By asking more specific questions, with context, you can usually collect better data.
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"An exceptional resource for learning how to build habit-forming products that people love."
"I’d never met anybody who looks at usability and UX the way I do until I met Peter. Only he’s smarter."
"The completest view of the psychological underpinnings of human behaviour that I’ve ever seen."
"What a nice idea! Christopher Alexander would be proud to see patterns collected like this."
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"The completest view of the psychological underpinnings of human behaviour that I’ve ever seen."
"What a nice idea! Christopher Alexander would be proud to see patterns collected like this."
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