Enhancing Performance Under Stress by Information About It Expected Duration

Abstract

For this report, the effect of False Short and False Long Information (with subsequent correction) on endurance of the Cold Pressor Test (CPT) was studied using more extreme information manipulations than the ones tested during the first year. On the basis of a specific experiment that investigated hand effects and order effects in the CPT paradigm, it was possible to use a combined between- and within-subjects design. Endurance in the False Short condition was significantly higher than in the False Long one. In another experiment, most subjects endured the pain longer in the No Control than in the Control conditions. The implications of these results to military situations were discussed. A pilot field experiment with marching soldiers tested some of the above factors in a real-life military context. False Long information at the start of the march led to significant breakdown under the strain. Keywords: Stress, Feedback, Performance, Time, Information systems, Psychophysiology, Experimental psychology.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA225889

Entities

People

  • Shlomo Breznitz

Organizations

  • University of Haifa

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Autonomic Nervous System
  • Classification
  • Cold Water
  • Contracts
  • Data Science
  • Databases
  • Dynamometers
  • Experimental Design
  • False Alarms
  • Heart Rate
  • Information Science
  • Instructions
  • Military Research
  • Security
  • Social Sciences
  • Students

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

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  • Exercise and Sports Science.
  • Psychological Intervention/Treatment for Stress, Anxiety, PTSD, and Related Emotional and Cognitive Health Symptoms.
  • Systems Analysis and Design