MOTIVATIONAL CORRELATES OF INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN PERFORMANCE

Abstract

A three-year program of research was directed at the development of 'paper and pencil' measurement techniques that would permit the assessment of the potential 'motivatibility' of subjects in experiments concerning the effects of environmental stress on human performance. A largely empirical approach was used in this research. Performance measures of a large number of subjects on several different tasks were used as the criterion measures in item analyses of several personality inventory tests. The resultant pool of cross-validated items will, it is hoped, represent a step toward increasing the precision of performance research.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0618895

Entities

People

  • K. M. Michels
  • Mark W. Stephens

Organizations

  • Purdue University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Acquisition
  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Concept Formation
  • Data Analysis
  • Geometric Forms
  • Mathematical Models
  • Measurement
  • Personality
  • Prejudice
  • Psychology
  • Reaction Time
  • Specifications
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Test Methods
  • Time Studies

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Organizational Psychology.
  • Regression Analysis.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.