The interplay of technology and psychology significantly influences design by shaping its two key features: discoverability and understanding. Technology provides the tools and methods to create a design, while psychology helps understand how users will interact with it. This interplay is evident in the use of affordances, signifiers, constraints, mappings, and feedback in design. These psychological concepts help designers create products that are intuitive and user-friendly. Engineers need to understand both technology and psychology to create effective designs.
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