Showing papers in "Computers in Human Behavior in 1986"

TL;DR: The Computer Attitude Scale (CAS) as mentioned in this paper was created to measure positive and negative attitudes toward computers, and the reliability and validity of the CAS were evaluated by multiple groups of subjects.

TL;DR: The authors explores the ambiguity of the human machine and suggests that anthropomorphism results from a "default schema" applied to phenomena, including machines, that a perceiver finds otherwise inexplicable.

TL;DR: Computer simulation has shown itself a powerful tool for interpreting and explaining a wide range of phenomena associated with the kinds of thinking and understanding that have been so usefully emphasized in the Gestalt literature.

TL;DR: The use of computers in cognitive psychotherapy, games, computer-aided instruction, biofeedback and behavior therapy, and other related approaches to psychotherapy are reviewed in this paper.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored the use of computer assisted instruction (CAI) in support of psychotherapeutic processes and explored the role of information in the behavior change process.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a socialization model of the first sustained encounter with computing on college campuses and a survey of students at two universities was conducted and their responses were compared with their responses about other freshmen courses.

TL;DR: For the past 25 years computers have been playing an ever-expanding role in personality assessment as mentioned in this paper, and computers are now involved in both the collection and interpretation of personality test data.

TL;DR: Investigation of Logo programming and CAI problem-solving software found significant differences on the test of executive-level problem solving, with the Logo group improving more than the CAI and control groups.

TL;DR: For instance, this article found that the computer-administered MMPI was perceived as more interesting and less anxiety-provoking than the paper-and-pencil version.

TL;DR: In this paper, an online behavioral program was offered over EIES, a computerized communications system, to reach these smokers with personalized treatment which was tailored to each participant, and which permitted the participants and psychologist to interact.

TL;DR: In this article, the usefulness of computer-administered tests in the reduction of test anxiety was investigated, and two testing methods were used: (a) providing immediate item feedback and (b) allowing examinees to control the order of item administration.

TL;DR: In this paper, a counselor training class was used to explore the potential of computers as training adjuncts, and students were randomly assigned to participate in counseling simulations via computer during either the first or second half of the course.

TL;DR: For instance, this paper found that clinicians tended to perceive reports labeled as computer-generated as less useful and less comprehensive than the same reports labelled as clinician-generated, while both groups tended to rate reports that contained a purposefully inaccurate statement as less valid than reports without the inaccurate statement.

TL;DR: In this paper, the predictive power of a recently applied formulation of expectancy theory was evaluated within the context of an individual's decision to approach or avoid a novel computer-learning situation.

TL;DR: In this article, the effectiveness of microcomputer assisted instruction (MCAI) has been relatively unexplored, even while the use of educational microcomputers expands at an accelerating rate.

TL;DR: The M-MAC positively illustrates the application of microcomputing to the assessment of school children, but does not significantly advance the practice of assessment.

TL;DR: In this paper, a Sternbergian theoretical foundation for the investigation of cognitive effects of Logo environments (including a rationale for expecting such effects) and reviews research relevant to validating the efficacy of this foundation is presented.

TL;DR: This article investigated the effect of school-based equity strategies on girl's voluntary computer usage and found that with intervention girls used the computer significantly more than boys in the experimental schools, while this was not true in the control schools.

TL;DR: In this article, the role of the teacher in computer-based problem-solving was examined in the context of the Rocky's Boots (RB) game environment, and the authors provided a systematic examination of the ways in which a teacher might augment the RB program to incorporate a metacognitive emphasis into the training.

TL;DR: In this paper, copying time and the immediate recall of information following copying was investigated as a function of copying method (i.e., copying by microcomputer or by hand), Gender (males and females), and Trials (four copying trials).

TL;DR: A set of computer programs which allow clinicians to evaluate large data sets in order to discover the underlying group structure and subsequently use those results to classify new clients into the group in which they have the highest membership probabilities are described.

TL;DR: More than five years after an integrated microcomputer system for direct care, administration, and research was introduced into a human service agency, the promises and pitfalls are reviewed.

TL;DR: A critique of psychological, disciplinary, and cultural propensities to favor speed of thought and action over other considerations, a propensity which warrants the designation "cult of celerity" as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: The M-MAC system as mentioned in this paper provides many notable services for those individuals who conduct psychoeducational evaluations, but it may stimulate in many a feeling of technological pseudosophistication that exceeds the already lofty point upon which psychometrics have rested for decades.