The Role of Cognitive Fit in the Relationship between Software Comprehension and Modification

Shaft,; Vessey,

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“…Consequently, the cognitive effort that can be allocated to the evaluation itself is limited, thus increasing the risk of cognitive overload. Higher levels of perceived ease of use should result in higher decision quality (Shaft andVessey 2006, Vessey andDennis 1991). Thus, we purport:…”

Section: Perceived Ease Of Usementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Decision Quality Cognitive theory considers tasks at different levels of abstraction (Shaft and Vessey 2006). The task of evaluating ideas is represented by the mechanism that is provided to the user.…”

Section: Idea Evaluation Mechanism Accuracy Andmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Cognitive fit reflects an interaction between both mental representations. In the case of good fit between a task and its representation, mental representations can be used straightaway to solve a given task; however, in the case of a poor fit, users must invest cognitive effort for sense-making and adapting mental models to solve the task, thus resulting in higher cognitive load (Shaft and Vessey 2006).…”

Section: Perceived Ease Of Usementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Extending this argument, cognitive load theory suggests an interaction between cognitive capacity and task complexity. For instance, the results of Shaft and Vessey (2006) and Speier (2006) indicate that the cognitive load imposed by a task representation has a stronger negative effect on decision quality for complex tasks than it has for easy tasks. Their research suggests that the effect of perceived ease of use on decision quality might be moderated by perceived task variability.…”

Section: Perceived Task Variabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Users need invest little cognitive effort in handling unexpected stimuli and maintaining a sense of control while they use the mechanisms (Haerem and Rau 2007). Thus, there is small risk of cognitive overload hampering decision quality, as users perceiving the task to be less variable can operate the idea evaluation within the boundaries of their cognitive system (Shaft andVessey 2006, Speier 2006). Consequently, the effect of perceived ease of use on decision quality should become weaker for users perceiving the task to be of low variability.…”

Section: Perceived Task Variabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Role of Cognitive Fit in the Relationship between Software Comprehension and Modification

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Cited by 147 publications

References 45 publications

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