- Flow state
- ID:
- T247705
- Flow state (English, Latin script, Original)
Characterized by four dimensions. (a) the user perceives a sense of control over the computer interaction, (b) the user perceives that his or her attention is focused on the interaction, (c) the user’s curiosity is aroused during the interaction, and (d) the user finds the interaction intrinsically interesting.
- language:
- English
- Author:
- Veronica Kuhn
- citations:
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, 413.
State of mind sometimes experienced by people who are deeply involved in some event, object or activity.
- language:
- English
- Author:
- Veronica Kuhn
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“The holistic sensation that people feel when they act with total involvement“ (p36).
- language:
- English
- Author:
- Veronica Kuhn
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Intrinsically enjoyable experience, is similar to both peak
experience and peak performance, as it shares the enjoyment of valuing of peak
experience and the behavior of peak performance.
- language:
- English
- Author:
- Veronica Kuhn
- citations:
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, 316.
The total concentration in an activity and the enjoyment
which one derives from an activity...the precondition for flow is a balance between the challenges perceived in a given situation and skills a person brings to it. A related factor is the sense of control over one’s environment.“
- language:
- English
- Author:
- Veronica Kuhn
- citations:
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, 230.
Flow theory suggests that involvement in a playful, exploratory experience - the flow state - is self-motivating because it is pleasurable and encourages repetition.
- language:
- English
- Author:
- Veronica Kuhn
- citations:
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, 540.
Narrowing of the focus of awareness, so that irrelevant perceptions and thoughts are filtered out; by loss of
self-consciousness; by a responsiveness to clear goals and unambiguous feedback; and by a sense of control over the environment.
- language:
- English
- Author:
- Veronica Kuhn
- citation:
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The subjective experience that accompanies performance in a situation where the challenges are matched by the person’s skills. Descriptions of the feeling of ’flow’ indicate an experience that is totally satisfying beyond a sense of having fun.
- language:
- English
- Author:
- Veronica Kuhn
- citations:
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, 511.
The two key characteristics of flow are (a) total concentration in an activity and (b) the enjoyment which one derives from an activity.
- language:
- English
- Author:
- Veronica Kuhn
- citations:
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, 383.
The state occurring during network navigation which is 1) characterized by a seamless sequence of responses facilitated by machine interactivity, 2) intrinsically enjoyable, 3) accompanied by a loss of self-consciousness, and 4) self-reinforcing.
- language:
- English
- Author:
- Veronica Kuhn
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An optimal experience that stems from peoples’ perceptions of challenges and skills in given situations. Situations in which challenges and skills are perceived to be equivalent are thought to facilitate the emergence of such indicators of flow as positive affect and high levels of arousal, intrinsic motivation, and perceived freedom.
- language:
- English
- Author:
- Veronica Kuhn
- citations:
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, 337.
The state in which people are so intensely involved in an activity that nothing else seems to matter; the experience itself is so enjoyable that people will do it even at great cost, for the sheer sake of doing it.
- language:
- English
- Author:
- Veronica Kuhn
- citations:
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A balanced ratio of challenges to skills above average weekly levels.
- language:
- English
- Author:
- Veronica Kuhn
- citations:
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, 307.
Begins only when challenges and skills are above a certain level, and are in balance.
- language:
- English
- Author:
- Veronica Kuhn
- citations:
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, 260.