Developing Training Exemplars for the Requisite Components of Visual Threat Detection

Abstract

In the first stage of this research, a model of visual threat detection, the threat detection loop, was developed and requisite components of that model were identified (Zimmerman, Mueller, Grover, & Vowels, In Preparation). The primary components of visual threat detection were determined to include dynamic threat monitoring, threat prioritization, and causal reasoning. This second report describes a final quasi-experiment involving those primary components. Results from all of the research informed the development and refinement of a training exemplar that consists of exercises involving each of the components. The exemplar was improved based on feedback from Soldiers with operational experience and from instructors/trainers involved in training threat detection skills.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA565508

Entities

People

  • Christopher L. Vowels
  • James Daniels
  • Laura Zimmerman
  • Shane T Mueller

Organizations

  • Applied Research Associates (United States)

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Causal Reasoning
  • Change Detection
  • Cognition
  • Cognitive Systems Engineering
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Information Processing
  • Instructors
  • Military Research
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Reasoning
  • Social Sciences
  • Thinking
  • Training
  • Warning Systems

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

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  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation
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