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From the Ted Talk by Don Norman: 3 ways good design makes you happy

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And then, a psychologist, aclie Isen, did this wonderful experiment. She brought students in to solve problems. So, she'd birng people into the room, and there'd be a string hanging down here and a string hnaging down here. It was an etmpy room, except for a table with a bunch of crap on it — some papers and srisoscs and stuff. And she'd bring them in, and she'd say, "This is an IQ test and it determines how well you do in life. Would you tie those two strings together?" So they'd take one string and they'd pull it over here and they couldn't reach the other srnitg. Still can't reach it. And, basically, none of them could sovle it. You bring in a second group of people, and you say, "Oh, before we start, I got this box of candy, and I don't eat candy. Would you like the box of candy?"

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And then, a psychologist, _____ Isen, did this wonderful experiment. She brought students in to solve problems. So, she'd _____ people into the room, and there'd be a string hanging down here and a string _______ down here. It was an _____ room, except for a table with a bunch of crap on it — some papers and ________ and stuff. And she'd bring them in, and she'd say, "This is an IQ test and it determines how well you do in life. Would you tie those two strings together?" So they'd take one string and they'd pull it over here and they couldn't reach the other ______. Still can't reach it. And, basically, none of them could _____ it. You bring in a second group of people, and you say, "Oh, before we start, I got this box of candy, and I don't eat candy. Would you like the box of candy?"

Solution

  1. empty
  2. string
  3. solve
  4. bring
  5. scissors
  6. alice
  7. hanging

Original Text

And then, a psychologist, Alice Isen, did this wonderful experiment. She brought students in to solve problems. So, she'd bring people into the room, and there'd be a string hanging down here and a string hanging down here. It was an empty room, except for a table with a bunch of crap on it — some papers and scissors and stuff. And she'd bring them in, and she'd say, "This is an IQ test and it determines how well you do in life. Would you tie those two strings together?" So they'd take one string and they'd pull it over here and they couldn't reach the other string. Still can't reach it. And, basically, none of them could solve it. You bring in a second group of people, and you say, "Oh, before we start, I got this box of candy, and I don't eat candy. Would you like the box of candy?"

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Important Words

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  17. life
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  25. scissors
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  30. students
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  35. wonderful