Cooperative Problem Solving by Like- and Mixed-Sex Teams in a Teletypewriter Mode with Unlimited, Self-limited, Introduced and Anonymous Conditions.
Abstract
It is well documented that men and women differ significantly in several important psychological respects. The pattern of these differences suggests the possibility that when a natural language problem-solving computer is built, it might have to adjust its language and problem-solving strategy to match that of the sex of its user. That possibility was examined in the experiment reported here. Performance was assessed on four classes of dependent measure: (1) the time required to assemble the model, (2) various measures of verbal productivity, (3) experimenter tabulations of various types of subject-to-subject information requests, and (4) responses to a questionnaire completed by the subjects at the conclusion of their session. There were several highly significant differences between the teams who were unlimited and those who were required to limit their word usage. The most interesting of these is that the limited teams assembled the model more quickly than did the unlimited teams. There were, however, no significant differences attributable to the interaction of this word usage factor with any other variable.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA075815
Entities
People
- Paul Roller Michaelis
Organizations
- Johns Hopkins University