%0 Journal Article %1 brehmer_experiments_1993 %A Brehmer, Berndt %A Doerner, Dietrich %D 1993 %J Computers in Human Behavior Special Issue: Swedish research on learning and instruction with computers %K {(Major):}ComputerSimulation{,Experimentation}{,Identifier:}useofcomputersimulatedmicroworldsinresearch %N 2-3 %P 171--184 %T Experiments with computer-simulated microworlds: Escaping both the narrow straits of the laboratory and the deep blue sea of the field study %V 9 %X Discusses experimental work with computer-simulated microworlds as a means for overcoming the tension between laboratory research and field research in psychology. Research with such microworlds involves the study of how Ss interact with complex computer simulations of real systems, such as a small town or a forest fire. This kind of research has followed 3 different lines: the individual differences approach, the case study approach, and the experimental approach. In the 1st approach, large groups of Ss interact with a given system, and the difference in their behavior is noted and related to various measures of abilities and personality. In the 2nd, the behavior of individual Ss is analyzed in great detail to find typical and atypical behavior in an attempt to generate hypotheses. In the 3rd approach, the effects of various system characteristics on behavior are studied at the group level. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2002 APA, all rights reserved):

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