Bernhard Schieber

Progressive disclosure for processing capacity

Knowledge

Progressive disclosure provides an initial level of information with access to further detail when the task requires it. In managing information overload, its value depends on protecting relevant depth rather than using brevity to hide necessary qualifications.

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Key concept

Key concepts are the working vocabulary of the field: the terms that the models and tools rely on and that a decision about communication has to use precisely. Each entry defines the term and sends you to the brief or the self-guided audit where it is put to work.

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Effects, Biases & Phenomena

Identifies a bounded pattern in judgment, behavior or communication and the conditions under which it appears. Naming the pattern makes a recurring difficulty recognizable; it does not make the pattern inevitable or supply a complete explanation.

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