Showing papers in "Computers in Human Behavior in 1993"

TL;DR: This article defines playfulness in human-computer interactions in terms of Csikszentmihalyi's (1975) flow theory and explores the dimensionality of the flow construct.

TL;DR: Experimental work with computer-simulated microworlds is a means for overcoming the tension between laboratory research and field research in psychology as discussed by the authors, where subjects interact with complex computer simulations of real systems, such as a small town or a forest fire.

TL;DR: The Computer Attitude Measure (CAM) as mentioned in this paper is an attitude scale developed over 45 years of general attitude scale development, consisting of 50 items, and administered to 647 preservice teachers to assess cognitive, affective, behavioral, and perceived control components of computer attitudes.

TL;DR: This paper found that computer use positively affects computer confidence, and computer confidence positively affected computer attitudes, and that direct computer use had a negative effect on computer attitudes when confidence was held constant.

TL;DR: The Computerphobia Reduction Program (CPRP) as mentioned in this paper was designed to reduce psychological reactions to computers and technology, including two individualized treatment modules and one group treatment module to fit different types of computerphobics.

TL;DR: In this article, the effects of feedback provided by a person versus that provided by computer on performance, motivation, and feedback seeking were studied, and the results indicated that subjects are more likely to seek feedback from a computer than from another person.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the relationship between attributions and performance in a computer science course and found that students with an optimistic attributional style performed better in computer programming course than those students with a pessimistic attributal style.

TL;DR: In this article, a survey was administered that measured attitudes toward computers, the level of job satisfaction in the work environment, and general attitudes toward the organization, and found that negative attitudes towards computers were related to one's attitudes towards the job, these attitudes were unrelated to one's feeling toward the company.

TL;DR: In this article, a computer-based system for dealing with the decoding of individual words encountered in the text was designed. But the reader of a text file can easily request immediate pronunciation of a problem word encountered.

TL;DR: In this article, the influence of micro-computer training on attitudes toward computers was assessed by using the Computer Attitude Scale (CAS) with a series of multivariate and univariate analyses.

TL;DR: The overall aim is to study learning to program as a complex learning activity, in order to illuminate the didactic issues involved in planning, implementing, and evaluating programming education.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report the use of minute-by-minute scored heartrate (HR) and skinconductance level (SCL) in a 25-subject experiment.

TL;DR: The results provide evidence of increased reliability and decreased administration time for the CB version of the Strong—Campbell Interest Inventory.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on the intuitive and conceptual understanding that engineering students develop of the central phenomena in their studies, and of the problem situations in which those phenomena appear, when computer microworlds and simulations have been at the core of their learning experience.

TL;DR: To conclude, users of computer tools mostly learn as a result of performing a task and do not focus on learning the computer system per se, which implies that learning new aspects of a computer tool is more similar to problem solving than to intentional learning.

TL;DR: Ethical and professional issues associated with computer-assisted therapy (CAT) are discussed, including clinician resistance to CAT, and suggestions for dealing with technoanxious and computerphobic clients are offered.

TL;DR: Systolic blood pressure differences between the low and high density conditions were reliable over several successive performance sessions presented to two individual subjects, and subjects' scores on the Structured Interview were found to relate to systolicBlood pressure.

TL;DR: The authors compared responses to two versions of an end-of-course evaluation instrument completed by graduate students: the traditional printed form completed using pencil and paper, and a microcomputer-based form that presented equivalent items and accepted student responses.

TL;DR: The article shows the importance of human-human interaction specifying this both regarding context and quality and shows that with the latest phase of computerization, which implies even more advanced computer functions like broader use of knowledge-based systems (KBS), aspects ofhuman-human communication become crucial for certain tasks and in certain environments.

TL;DR: The dominating pattern of results was that experience level interacted with other variables, which in many cases meant that inexperienced users performed better face-to-face, whereas experienced Users performed better in computer-mediated communication.

TL;DR: A computer program has been developed for assisting the researcher to handle his or her qualitative data and build up an understanding of it, particularly with phenomenographic principles in mind, and is equally applicable for various other qualitative research approaches.

TL;DR: An empirical study of eight end-users' performance as they interacted with a newly installed patient administrative program, which has not been user-tested, argues for the benefits of user-testing both for program development and for the planning of user training.

TL;DR: In this paper, a short review of the existing outcome research and highlighting the limitations of computerized training procedures in cognitive remediation, the computer-aided interactive video (CIV) technique is introduced in detail.

TL;DR: The TBI Report Assistant as discussed by the authors is designed to perform the types of routine tasks that computers do well, while freeing the skilled psychologist to concentrate on tasks best done by knowledgeable humans.

TL;DR: Results from the study suggested the microcomputer was not utilized as often as expected, and suggestions are provided for improving the integration of the micro computer into the mathematics classroom.

TL;DR: In this paper, a final study in a project aimed at facilitating communication between sighted and visually handicapped office personnel is presented, based on the personnel's evaluations of computerization in a multimedia office environment, 2 1 2 years after the installation of the first systems.

TL;DR: This article examined the use of an outliner with a word processor by novice and advanced college writers and examined the impact of embedded prompts addressing topical and rhetorical issues on writing processes and products.

TL;DR: Differences between using a drawing program with a textual interface and an iconic interface were investigated, with a focus on interactions between abilities and interface characteristics, and support the theoretical and methodological position that general and specific factors of ability should simultaneously be attended to in hierarchical models.

TL;DR: A program is discussed that automates and greatly simplifies the process of constructing SVT tests, and includes such features as an internal text editor and a measure of text readability.

TL;DR: The main finding is that the addition of visual effects seems to have lowered the demands on general ability, a result that fits into a more general pattern of results from research on aptitude-treatment interaction (ATI) effects.