CROSS-VALIDATION OF SOME CORRELATES OF VIGILANCE PERFORMANCE

Abstract

IN AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF THE CORRELATES OF VIGILANCE PERFORMANCE A NUMBER OF SIGNIFICANT CORRELATIONS WERE FOUND BETWEEN PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST SCORES AND MEASURES OF VIGILANCE PERFORMANCE. In subsequent studies of vigilance cross- validation data were obtained and several additional tests were administered. The results showed that none of the thirty-five test variables studied consistently predicted performance on auditory and visual vigilance tasks. This negative finding was considered to be a reflection of the task-specificity of individual differences in vigilance performance and made questionable the possibility of selecting through the use of traditional psychological selection techniques the more vigilant performers for practical vigilance tasks.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0254832

Entities

People

  • James J. Mcgrath

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Antisubmarine Warfare
  • Applied Psychology
  • Biomedical Research
  • Detection
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Military Research
  • Naval Operations
  • Navy
  • Psychological Tests
  • Psychology
  • Standardization
  • Submarine Warfare
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Validation

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

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  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.