Using Virtual Environments to Measure Real-Life Risk-Taking

ISBN-13: 9783639287561 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 168 str.

Carlos Godoy

Opis

Would virtual behaviors be predictive of past and future behaviors? Does the relationship between an individuals virtual and subsequent real life behavior depend on active interactive decision-making or is mere passive observation of anothers choices enough to predict subsequent real-life behavior? Would virtual decisions (and interventions tied to them) predict behavior 3 months subsequently above and beyond traditional cognitive variables (e.g., intent, self-efficacy)? These questions can be addressed by taking a SOLVE (Socially Optimized Learning in Virtual Environments) approach. This book examines and answers these provocative questions.

O autorze

Carlos Godoy is an assistant Professor of Communication at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He has taught previously at the University of Southern California. He holds a Ph.D. in Communication from the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication and a J.D. from the University of California Berkeley.