针对已有研究对图符一致性的影响考虑还不充分的不足,采用被试内实验设计,研究了人机界面图符一致性对识别效率及可靠性的影响.实验共分五组:实验一建立图符形状与指代功能之间的联系(建立用户心理模型);实验二考察图符外观/形状一致性的影响;实验三考察功能按键位置一致性的影响;实验四和实验五考察图符外观/形状与功能/语义匹配一致性的影响.五组实验的错误率差异的卡方检验结果为:实验四>实验五=实验三=实验二=实验一;反应时差异的单因素方差分析结果为:实验五=实验四>实验三=实验二=实验一.结论:外观/形式与功能/语义的“匹配/对应”是界面一致性的核心.相似图符形状指代原有功能时,识别存在学习的正迁移;图符外观一致而指代的功能不一致或反之(新图符指代原有功能)时,识别则会由于心理模型冲突而造成学习的负迁移,表现为识别效率和可靠性的降低.
The existing researches do not consider the effect of icon consistency adequately. Aiming at this problem, the within-subject experimental design is adopted to study the effect of icons consisten- cy on its recognition efficiency and reliability. It contains five experiments. Experiment 1 establishes the relationship between icon forms and the represented functions (to establish user's mental model); experiment 2 investigates the effect of consistency of icons appearance/form; experiment 3 investigates the effect of consistency of function key position; experiment 4 and experiment 5 investigates the effect of consistency of matching of icon appearance/form and function/semanteme. The results of Chi-Square test on error rate differences among five experiments are "experiment 4~experiment 5 =experiment 3= experiment 2=experiment 1"; one-way ANOVA (analysis of variance) results on reaction time differ- ences are "experiment 5 = experiment 4~experiment 3 = experiment 2 = experiment 1". Conclusion : The matching of appearance/form and function/semanteme is the core of interface consistency. Positive transfer of learning exists in recognition of similar icons appearance/form with represented original func- tion/semanteme; for consistent icons appearance/form with inconsistent or converse represented function/semanteme, it results in negative transfer of learning due to conflict of mental model, which shows as the reduction of recognition efficiency and reliability.