35. People are Driven to Create Categories

Categorizing is Only Natural

• Categorizing is an innate skill that people have and love to do.
• Young children don't fully understand the concept of categorization but past age seven, they inherently learn how to categorize and enjoy the act of organizing and grouping.
• If you fail to provide adequate categories and organization in your design, people will become overwhelmed and attempt to categorize the information themselves.
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• Legenda: Image courtesy of: https://cloudinary.com/blog/how_to_automatically_tag_and_categorize_photos_according_to_their_content