Psychology Futures: Are you studying psychology and thinking of User Experience Design as a career?

July 29, 2025

We have put together some resources on User Experience Design that you might find useful – Many thanks to Nicola Dobiecka for these resources!

User Experience Design is a fascinating area that can make a difference to people’s lives.

Your training as a psychologist makes you very important for this area, as it needs the critical thinking, psychological knowledge and ethical consideration that psychology training offers.

Overview – what is User Experience Design?

-Nielsen Norman Group article describing what UX design is and isn’t:

What Is User Experience (and What Is It Not)? – NN/g

-UX Methods provides a basic description of the disciplines in the field of UX and the methods employed:

UX Methods V2 | About UX Methods

-Overview from the National Careers Service:

nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/job-profiles/ux-designer

Websites for practical applications

• Laws of UX: a collection of best practices that designers can consider when building user interfaces

lawsofux.com/

• UX Myths: collects the most frequent user experience misconceptions and explains why they don’t hold true uxmyths.com/

• Userfocus: articles and training: www.userfocus.co.uk/

• Nielsen Norman Group: collection of links to our articles and videos to learn about some principles of human psychology and how they relate to UX design

Psychology for UX: Study Guide – NN/g

• A List Apart ”explores the design, development, and meaning of web content, with a special focus on web standards and best practices.” alistapart.com

• Boxes and Arrows ”Boxes and Arrows is devoted to the practice, innovation, and discussion of design—including graphic design, interaction design, information architecture, and the design of business”

boxesandarrows.com

• Free UX Meetup groups for practitioners of all levels and students

Northern User Experience – nuxuk.org