Goal, context, agents, acts

Goal: Develop a system incorporating software agents that deliver highly-individualized health messages

Context: Helping people of any age to quit smoking

Cognitive agents: Smokers and software agents who act to emulate smoking cessation counselors

Cognitive acts: Communication acts, health behavior acts, and learning acts


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Introduction >
  Goals of project
  Message tailoring
  Interpersonal communication
  Educational technology example
  SCI-WISE interface
  Hypothesis testing and results

Health behavior change theories >
  Four theories
  Health Belief Model
  Theory of Reasoned Action
  Elaboration Likelihood Model
  Stages of Change Theory
  Summary of theories

Implementation >
  Goal, context, agents, acts
  Stages of Change implementation
  Agent design
  Traditional and agent interfaces

Testing >
  Research questions and hypotheses   Independent variables
  Dependent variables
  Experimental design

Conclusion >
  Summary
  Future research