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In 2014, Facebook announced the results of a massive psychological experiment manipulating the emotions of 689,003 users. The users were not debriefed following the experiment. Facebook justified their actions by stating it was “consistent with Facebook’s Data Use Policy, to which all users agree prior to creating an account on Facebook, constituting informed consistent for this research.” Was this ethical? Explain your answer (the majority of points will be assigned based on your explanation/reasoning). 

True or False: HCI is Design-Oriented Research and IxD is Research-Oriented Design.

True or False: Questionnaires cannot be utilized as both a quantitative and qualitative research method. 

True or False: Usable is the minimum requirement for any successful system. 

True or False: Vredenburg et al. in the paper “A Survey of User-Centered Design Practice” conducted a survey of over 100 experienced usability practitioners. They found that cost-benefit tradeoffs are a key consideration in the adoption of UCD methods.

Is the following question an HCI type question or an Interaction Design (IxD) type question: Does the Xbox Elite Controller increase user satisfaction over the Xbox Series Controller? 

Each of the following were criticisms of liberal policies during the 1960s EXCEPT

Which of the following BEST describes the Eisenhower Doctrine?

Each of the following were characteristics of American society during the 1950s EXCEPT

Freedom Summer was a grass roots civil rights movement that sought to register African Americans in the South to vote.