The Paleolithic Stone Age Effect? Gender Differences Performing Specific Computer-Generated Spatial Tasks

Hubona, Geoffrey S.; Shirah, Gregory W.

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“…The psychological trait P influenced ancient task performance T A , or the performance of an individual in an ancient task such as hunting or foraging (Boaz and Almquist 2001;Hubona and Shirah 2006). For example, let us assume that T A was associated with the task of foraging for nutritious fruits.…”

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“…Sexual selection is also associated with the emergence of sex differences, which have (the sex differences) often been the target of information systems theorizing, sometimes based on evolutionary arguments. For instance, Hubona and Shirah (2006) built on hunter-gatherer theory to argue that modernday differences between men and women in spatial and cognitive abilities result from different roles played by our male and female hominid ancestors. They studied males and females performing visual spatial tasks using two-and threedimensional virtual worlds, finding that females underperformed males in matching and positioning tasks, and outperformed males in resizing tasks.…”

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“…Past research has rarely employed evolutionary psychological explanations and predictions regarding human behavior for the understanding of information systems phenomena. There have been few studies building on human evolution ideas, and to some extent on evolutionary psychological ideas, in the areas of mobile technology use (Junglas et al 2009) electronic consumer behavior (Hantula et al 2008;Rajala and Hantula 2000;Smith and Hantula 2003), computer-mediated communication (Kock 2004(Kock , 2005Kock et al 2008), virtual team leadership (DeRosa et al 2004), electronic user interface design (Hubona and Shirah 2006), online mate selection (Saad 2008), and information search and use behavior (Spink and Cole 2006). These few studies reflect the potential of evolutionary psychology to explain behavior toward technology.…”

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“…These few studies reflect the potential of evolutionary psychology to explain behavior toward technology. Nevertheless, with even fewer exceptions (Hantula et al 2008;Hubona and Shirah 2006;Junglas et al 2009;Kock 2004Kock , 2005, these studies have been published in outlets or addressed topics that are generally considered outside the field of information systems.…”

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Information Systems Theorizing Based on Evolutionary Psychology: An Interdisciplinary Review and Theory Integration Framework

Kock

2009

MIS Quarterly

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Evolutionary psychology holds great promise as one of the possible pillars on which information systems theorizing can take place. Arguably, evolutionary psychology can provide the key to many counterintuitive predictions of behavior toward technology, because many of the evolved instincts that influence our behavior are below our level of conscious awareness; often those instincts lead to behavioral responses that are not self-evident. This paper provides a discussion of information systems theorizing based on evolutionary psychology, centered on key human evolution and evolutionary genetics concepts and notions. It is argued here that there is often a need to integrate evolutionary and non-evolutionary theories, and four important preconditions for the successful integration of evolutionary and non-evolutionary theories are discussed. An example of integration of evolutionary and non-evolutionary theories is provided. The example focuses

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Section: Evolution Of Psychological Traits By Natural Selectionmentioning

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Section: Other Valid Forms Of Evolutionary Theorizing Not Addressed Herementioning

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Information Systems Theorizing Based on Evolutionary Psychology: An Interdisciplinary Review and Theory Integration Framework

Kock

2009

MIS Quarterly

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“…The impact of gender differences has been widely studied and acknowledged in the Information Systems (IS) literature (e.g., Gefen & Straub, 1997;Hubona & Shirah, 2006;Nicovich et al, 2005;Riedl et al, 2010). However, what is not clear is how men and women may differ in their perceptions of hedonic systems and how these perceptions may differ in 2D versus 3D hedonic environments.…”

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Understanding Gender Differences in Media Perceptions of Hedonic Systems

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Eschenbrenner

2016

Journal of Database Management

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As technology improves in hedonic and affective dimensions, women's interests in technology may increase. In this research, the authors are interested in understanding gender differences in media perceptions of hedonic systems. They draw upon Hunter-Gatherer Theory of Spatial Gender Differences and Jung's Theory of Psychological Types on Gender Differences to hypothesize differences in men's and women's perceptions of skill, challenge, telepresence, and satisfaction with online experiences in 2D versus 3D hedonic environments. The results of their experiment indicate that even though women perceive lower skill levels and greater challenge in using 2D and 3D hedonic systems than men, women's' perceived sense of telepresence is higher than men in both 2D and 3D hedonic environments. In addition, women are more satisfied with 2D and 3D hedonic experiences than men. The authors' findings suggest that consistent with Jung's Theory of Psychological Types on Gender Differences, women's perceptions of hedonic systems are more positive than men and, hence, making technology intuitive, enjoyable, and fun to use can potentially increase women's participation in the information and communication technology workforce. Additionally, given that women perceive more challenge and skill issues in using technology but are more favorable toward hedonic systems than men, the authors suggest that the use of hedonic systems to support K-12 education systems, such as computer or serious gaming for education, can generate females' interests in technology at an early age.

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Incorporating Simulated Animal Attacks in Human Technology Interaction Interfaces

Kock

2008

International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction

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Enhanced cognition within the temporal vicinity of animal attacks arguably allowed our hominid ancestors to better build and associate memories related to the animals and their typical habitat markers, which in turn increased their survival chances. This may be at the source of an unusual phenomenon with limited but interesting practical uses in the design of human-technology interaction interfaces for learning tasks; the phenomenon involves modern humans' short-term memories being instantaneously turned into long-term memories through surprise in the form of simulated animal attacks. This study explores this phenomenon in the context of a computer-supported learning task, by testing the prediction that a simulated snake attack will lead to cognition enhancement within its temporal vicinity. In an experiment, those participants who were surprised by a Web-based snake screen did significantly better in the test questions for Web-based learning modules that were temporally adjacent to the snake screen.

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The Paleolithic Stone Age Effect? Gender Differences Performing Specific Computer-Generated Spatial Tasks

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Information Systems Theorizing Based on Evolutionary Psychology: An Interdisciplinary Review and Theory Integration Framework

Information Systems Theorizing Based on Evolutionary Psychology: An Interdisciplinary Review and Theory Integration Framework

Understanding Gender Differences in Media Perceptions of Hedonic Systems

Incorporating Simulated Animal Attacks in Human Technology Interaction Interfaces

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