Browsing Technology + Psychology Theses - IADT by Issue Date
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The design of a prospective memory aid for older adults - Multiminder
(2008)Prospective memory (PM) refers to an individual's ability to remember to carry out tasks of delayed intention, such as remembering to attend a doctor's appointment. It was believed that the implementation of qualitative ... -
Blogs: A study into current uses and perceptions in Irish society
(2009)The aim of this research was to investigate attitudes, perceptions and behaviour of Irish internet users towards blogs. A survey was conducted online and participants (n = 422) placed into two groups - Bloggers (n = 244), ... -
An investigation of primary school teachers' and principals' attitudes towards online teacher training
(2009)This study examined the attitudes of primary school teachers and principals towards online learning. 82 primary school principals and teachers completed an online questionnaire examining attitudes towards online learning. ... -
How loot-horny are you? Personality, self-esteem and rewards in World of Warcraft
(2009)In order to study some of the effects of intrinsic rewards within MMORPGs, a correlation design study was performed to determine the relationship between introversion/ extroversion and loot-horniness, self-esteem and ... -
Establishing an online counselling service for substance use issues in the Republic of Ireland: An exploratory study
(Institute of Art, Design and Technology, 2009)This research sought to determine if the establishment of an online counselling service for substance use issues in Ireland is currently feasible. A mixed design approach was used. Potential clients' and counsellors' ... -
Online identity theft - An investigation of the differences between victims and non victims with regard to anxiety, precautions and uses of the internet
(2009)Online identity theft is a relatively new phenomenon and as a result the research is scarce and additional research is needed (Anderson, 2006). The main problem with online identity theft today is that people do not ... -
Employers' implicit theories of intelligence in the recruitment of individuals with Asperger's syndrome
(2009)Implicit theories are the informal theories used in the organisation and interpretation of information. Implicit theories role in recruitment has yet to be determined. Such research could be valuable to individuals with ... -
Technostress & personality: factors in the digital divide?
(2009)The term 'digital divide' is generally explained as a division between people who do, and those who do not, access internet technologies because of economic, social, educational and age inequalities. This quantitative study ... -
Online infidelity: Aspects of self-disclosure, narcissism, self-esteem and Internet addiction
(2009)This study explored the possibility that people who spend longer amounts of time online are more likely to engage in online infidelity. It was also expected that participants who engaged in online infidelity would record ... -
Cultural differences in construction and utilisation of electronic mail from an African and Irish perspective
(2009)This study sets out to explore whether different cultural backgrounds and specifically learned rules of behaviour affect the usage of computer mediated communication. The study appears to support the general argument that ... -
"Giving" in online recommendation systems: The roles played by narcissism and altruism
(2009)This study explores Altruism and Narcissism as motivation for online informational giving. There is a dilemma about whether helping generally is motivated by altruism or egoism. Evidence is also gathering which demonstrates ... -
A study of gender and personality on the effectiveness of online personalised recommendations
(2009)The internet provides an alternative shopping experience for consumers to shop around and avail of increased worldwide competition. This newly competitive medium has resulted in online business's using techniques that ... -
Gender-bending in virtual worlds - Investigating need for achievement between goal-orientated and non goal-orientated environments
(2009)The aim of this study was to examine a potential relationship between gender-bending online and Need for Achievement (nAch) in goal-orientated (World of Warcraft) and non goal-orientated environments (Second Life). ... -
Perception of music marketing on social networking sites
(2009)Social Networking Sites (SNSs) like MySpace, Bebo, and Facebook are getting more and more popular. In recent years, music promoters have discovered those sites as an effective marketing tool and a significant amount of ... -
A comparison of trust towards online commercial sites between digital natives & digital immigrants.
(2009)Previous research had indicated that Trust plays a role in the decision and intention to make purchases online. It is also proposed that younger people who have grown up using technology known as Digital Natives use computer ... -
A comparison of trust towards online commercial sites between native and digital immigrants
(2009)Previous research had indicated that Trust plays a role in the decision and intention to make purchases online. It is also proposed that younger people who have grown up using technology known as Digital Natives use computer ... -
"Giving" in online recommendation systems: the roles played by narcissism and altruism
(2009-03)Online communities are created and used for different reasons e.g. information exchange, friendship, support and leisure. As distinct from commercial ventures online, many people actually give away digital information of ... -
The motivations and personality traits that influence Irish Facebook usage
(2010)The present study investigated the motivations and personality traits that influence Irish peoples' Facebook usage. An online survey of n = 155 participants found that 'keeping in contact with existing friends' was the ... -
A study of anxiety associated with mobile phone separation
(2010)This study sought to investigate Irish peoples' dependence on their mobile phones, their willingness to be separated from their mobile phones and the perceived anxiety associated with this separation. To this end a group ... -
Capturing lectures: Using multimedia lecture captures to promote learning
(2010)The purpose of the study is to investigate does multimedia lecture captures promote learning or lead to cognitive overload? In a classroom-based experiment, students received a lesson consisting of a multimedia lecture ...