The Psychological Dimensions of Camouflaged Imagery
Abstract
The major purpose of this research project was to develop a methodology for evaluating the effectiveness of camouflaging techniques. The present research approached the problem from a psychological perspective and incorporated a recent, sophisticated procedure, multidimensional scaling, for data analysis. The focus of this report concerns an actual methodology to be applied in a field (or laboratory) setting with later computer analysis of the data. The present research was restricted to visual (as opposed to IFR or radar) observations. The methods described in this report are applicable to virtually all types of camouflaged objects or soldiers in any setting which is sufficiently stable for repeated judgments to be made on the objects over a period. Both direct field observations or second-order observations of photographic materials provided suitable data. Of the numerous variables (as the project bibliography indicated) which influence camouflage the two most distinct tasks are identification and detection. Thus hindering detection and increasing the difficulty of identification are the two purposes considered in this report.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1975
- Accession Number
- ADA017551
Entities
People
- Donald F. Dansereau
- Richard M. Fenker
- Selby H. Evans
Organizations
- Texas Christian University