?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Simulating+activities%3A+Relating+motives%2C+deliberation%2C+and+attentive+coordination&rft.creator=Clancey%2C+William+J.&rft.subject=Applied+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=Activities+are+located+behaviors%2C+taking+time%2C+conceived+as+socially+meaningful%2C+and+usually+involving+interaction+with+tools+and+the+environment.+In+modeling+human+cognition+as+a+form+of+problem+solving+(goal-directed+search+and+operator+sequencing)%2C+cognitive+science+researchers+have+not+adequately+studied+%E2%80%9Coff-task%E2%80%9D+activities+(e.g.%2C+waiting)%2C+non-intellectual+motives+(e.g.%2C+hunger)%2C+sustaining+a+goal+state+(e.g.%2C+playful+interaction)%2C+and+coupled+perceptual-motor+dynamics+(e.g.%2C+following+someone).+These+aspects+of+human+behavior+have+been+considered+in+bits+and+pieces+in+past+research%2C+identified+as+scripts%2C+human+factors%2C+behavior+settings%2C+ensemble%2C+flow+experience%2C+and+situated+action.+More+broadly%2C+activity+theory+provides+a+comprehensive+framework+relating+motives%2C+goals%2C+and+operations.+This+paper+ties+these+ideas+together%2C+using+examples+from+work+life+in+a+Canadian+High+Arctic+research+station.+The+emphasis+is+on+simulating+human+behavior+as+it+naturally+occurs%2C+such+that+%E2%80%9Cworking%E2%80%9D+is+understood+as+an+aspect+of+living.+The+result+is+a+synthesis+of+previously+unrelated+analytic+perspectives+and+a+broader+appreciation+of+the+nature+of+human+cognition.+Simulating+activities+in+this+comprehensive+way+is+useful+for+understanding+work+practice%2C+promoting+learning%2C+and+designing+better+tools%2C+including+human-robot+systems.&rft.publisher=Elsevier&rft.contributor=Sun%2C+Ron&rft.contributor=Honavar%2C+Vasant&rft.contributor=Oden%2C+Gregg&rft.date=2002-12&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2999%2F1%2FSimulatingActivities.pdf&rft.identifier=++Clancey%2C+William+J.++(2002)+Simulating+activities%3A+Relating+motives%2C+deliberation%2C+and+attentive+coordination.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2999%2F