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Computers in Human Behavior

1988 Volume 4, Number 4

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Number of articles: 6

  1. The MMPI Is Less Sensitive to the Automated Testing Format than It Is to Repeated Testing: Item and Scale Effects

    David Schuldberg

    Describes study that investigated the effects of computerized test administration on undergraduates' responses to the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), and discusses... More

    pp. 285-98

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  2. Teaching Strategic Text Review by Computer and Interaction with Student Characteristics

    Sigmund Tobias

    Discussion of reading strategies focuses on a study of high school students that used three presentation modes via computer, with and without explanations about the value of text review. Highlights... More

    pp. 299-310

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  3. The Effects of Computer Mediated Communication on an Individual's Judgment: A Study Based on the Methods of Asch's Social Influence Experiment

    Michael Smilowitz

    Describes study of undergraduates that investigated social influence in the group process by examining how the exclusion of contextual cues provided by face to face interaction influences... More

    pp. 311-21

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  4. Equivalency of Microtest Computer MMPI Administration for Standard and Special Scales

    L Michael Honaker

    Describes study that compared the administration of the Microtest computer version of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) with administration procedures for the traditional paper... More

    pp. 323-37

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  5. The Effectiveness of a Generic Computer Program for Systematic Desensitization

    Gerald M. Chandler

    Discussion of applications of computer technology in the mental health field focuses on the design, implementation, and effectiveness of an interactive generic computer program for the systematic... More

    pp. 339-46

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  6. Translatability: Understandability and Usability by Others

    Richard H. Spencer

    Discusses problems that U.S. companies may experience in getting computer programs and other related products accepted in other countries because of difficulties in translating the English language... More

    pp. 347-54

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