Citation

Fournier BA, Stager P. J. Appl. Psychol. 1976; 61(5): 589-595.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1976, American Psychological Association)

DOI

10.1037/0021-9010.61.5.589

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Examined individual differences in dual-task decrement within the framework of a concurrent validation paradigm. The performance of 49 males employed as detection and communication equipment operators aboard military antisubmarine aircraft was measured in a dual-task situation, which combined a visual decision task and an auditory short-term memory task. Criterion scores from a standardized exercise in a radar training simulator were not significantly related to dual-task measures. Peer ratings, supervisor rank orderings based on flight performance, radar training grades, and indexes combining subjective and objective criteria were significantly related to dual-task measures. The dual-task measures, when combined with predictive measures available from aircrew selection tests, enhanced the potential predictive effectiveness.


Keywords: Driver distraction;

Language: en