The technology profile inventory: Construction,validation, and application |
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Authors: | Ian Spence Colin G. DeYoung Jing Feng |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, 100 St. George St, Toronto, Ont., Canada M5S 3G3;2. Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, 75 East River Road, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0344, USA |
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Abstract: | The technology profile inventory (TPI) measures attitudes toward computers and the internet. We describe the most recent phase of the construction of the TPI. The studies reported refine and validate the instrument, and we present the final version as an Appendix A. Using a new sample of respondents (N = 394), we replicated the three major factors found previously (Confidence, Approval, and Interest). The TPI scores were related to patterns of information technology (IT) usage and also to gender. To demonstrate the practical utility of the TPI we report (1) results linking TPI scores to behavior during an internet search task; (2) test–retest results obtained as part of a cognitive training experiment using action video games; and (3) results showing that attitudes to IT may be modified by a particular experience with information technology. |
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Keywords: | Attitudes Information technology IT Human&ndash computer interaction HCI Gender Action video games |
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