The Relationship between Flight Training Performance, a Risk Assessment Test, and the Jenkins Activity Survey.
Abstract
Current aircrew selection research at the Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory has focused primarily on psychomotor and cognitive abilities. Evidence from studies on flight training attrition suggests that a number of failures may be attributed to personality or motivational factors rather than a lack of abilities. Because flight training success is a dynamic interaction of abilities, motivation, and personality factors, all three areas should be included to optimize the predictive validity of aircrew selection batteries. Two sets of data are presented; one set is from a computer based risk assessment task, and the other is from the Jenkins Activity Survey. The data indicated few relationships between risk assessment measures and flight training criteria. We found only one indication that increased risk taking was associated with successfully completing primary flight training. The Jenkins Activity Survey results indicated contradictory relationships between the scale measures and flight training criteria in the few significant findings observed. (sdw)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1988
- Accession Number
- ADA200395
Entities
People
- D. L. Dolgin
- G. D. Gibb
- R. N. Shull
Organizations
- Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory