Human factors research on vigilance performance -- planned approach / D.A. Dobbins.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Dobbins, D. A., author.

Contributor:

United States. Adjutant-General's Office. Personnel Research and Procedures Division, issuing body.

Series:

Research study ; 61-1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Army--Personnel management.

United States.

United States. Army--Operational readiness.

United States. Army.

Environmental psychology--United States.

Environmental psychology.

Performance standards--United States.

Performance standards.

Personnel management--Research--United States.

Personnel management.

Armed Forces--Operational readiness.

Armed Forces--Personnel management.

Personnel management--Research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (15 pages).

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : [Department of the Army], 1961.

Summary:

The major objectives of the planned research are three-fold: (1) To survey those Army jobs in which vigilance performance constitutes a significant proportion of the total variance in performance. The nature, density, and importance of these jobs will be determined. (2) To develop laboratory apparatus to measure vigilance performance, and to conduct a series of methodological studies to determine the psychometric properties of the scores obtained. (3) To study correlates and determinants of vigilance, particularly those which could be applied to improve on-the-job performance. Since the eventual research aim is the generation of vigilance principles applicable to Army jobs, Army job requirements will be surveyed to note the types and relative frequency of Army jobs requiring vigilance performance and to estimate the number of personnel involved and the importance of vigilance jobs in attaining group mission. The resulting information will influence the direction of the laboratory research, and will also help define the scope of later phases of the research effort in the vigilance area. Investigation of the vigilance process with emphasis on individual differences requires the development of apparatus for testing vigilance performance. A generalized vigilance testing apparatus, appropriate to the various psychological and physiological problems to be studied, will be developed. (Author).

Notes:

"May 1961."

"Error-free performance d-00."

"Research Studies are special reports to military management. They are usually prepared to meet requests for research results bearing on specific management problems. A limited distribution is made--primarily to the operating agencies directly involved."

Includes bibliographical references (page 9).

Description based on online resource, PDF version; title from title page (DTIC, viewed March 18, 2022).

Other Format:

Print version: Dobbins, D.A. Human Factors Research on Vigilance Performance--Planned Approach

OCLC:

1305503465

Access Restriction:

Approved for public release.