For a psychology assignment, I am supposed to choose a psychological question related to human use of an information system. Examples include "Why do people forget passwords" and " What makes people stay up all night playing video games".
I was thinking of the following question :
"How do OCD affected individuals interact with Information Systems, and how can the system identify such behavior and act accordingly".
For example, on Facebook I tend to carry out some actions repetitively and also look for perfectionism and symmetry in the way boxes in my profile are arranged. I never leave any notification, message unread and I hate to see new friend suggestions popping up in my homepage. Similarly, on GMail, I hate to leave any mail left unread, including in spam, drafts and in the trash. I was wondering if it is possible to map behavioral therapy procedures onto such Information systems which can intelligently detect OCD-type behavior and make such activities easier for such individuals to carry out, and possible also implement the behavioral techniques inherently into their system and help users overcoming their compulsions.
This was just an initial idea that I was having and I thought it might be best to take all your inputs on the possibility and efficacy of such systems. Please let me know the type of compulsions you have to carry out in any Information system and the kinds of additions you might want to see in such systems to aid people afflicted with OCD.
P.S: Though this is an interesting question for us to ponder, I wasn't sure if it warrants enough importance to be posted on here. If that is the case, please let me know and I'll move this post under another appropriate topic. Thanks.
I was thinking of the following question :
"How do OCD affected individuals interact with Information Systems, and how can the system identify such behavior and act accordingly".
For example, on Facebook I tend to carry out some actions repetitively and also look for perfectionism and symmetry in the way boxes in my profile are arranged. I never leave any notification, message unread and I hate to see new friend suggestions popping up in my homepage. Similarly, on GMail, I hate to leave any mail left unread, including in spam, drafts and in the trash. I was wondering if it is possible to map behavioral therapy procedures onto such Information systems which can intelligently detect OCD-type behavior and make such activities easier for such individuals to carry out, and possible also implement the behavioral techniques inherently into their system and help users overcoming their compulsions.
This was just an initial idea that I was having and I thought it might be best to take all your inputs on the possibility and efficacy of such systems. Please let me know the type of compulsions you have to carry out in any Information system and the kinds of additions you might want to see in such systems to aid people afflicted with OCD.
P.S: Though this is an interesting question for us to ponder, I wasn't sure if it warrants enough importance to be posted on here. If that is the case, please let me know and I'll move this post under another appropriate topic. Thanks.
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