Examining the Effects of Cognitive Consistency Between Training and Displays

Abstract

This experiment tested the display cognitive consistency hypothesis. This hypothesis states that the effectiveness of a display format for decision aiding systems, like Patriot, depends on the consistency between how the system displays its reasoning process and how the person is processing the information. Results of an experiment using a simulated Army air defense task and college students found support for the hypothesis, but only at a situation specific, not global, level. Although unexpected, these results were consistent with other research performed on this contract, indicating the importance of situation specific context for understanding judgment and decision processes in individual and group settings.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA336087

Entities

People

  • James Gualtieri
  • Karen Johnson
  • Leonard Adelman
  • Matthew Christian

Organizations

  • George Mason University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Aircrafts
  • Cognitive Systems Engineering
  • Consistency
  • Contracts
  • Engineering
  • Information Systems
  • Judgment
  • New York
  • Operations Research
  • Psychology
  • Reasoning
  • Social Sciences
  • Students
  • Systems Engineering
  • Thinking
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.