| Abstract: | THE OBJECT OF THIS RESEARCH WAS TO DETERMINE WHETHER INDIVIDUAL CONSISTENCIES IN JUDGMENTS OF PROBLEM SIMILARITY ARE RELATED TO THE PROFICIENCY LEVEL OF THE JUDGES. 51 RADAR CONTROLLERS OF VARYING LEVELS OF EXPERIENCE AND COMPETENCY WERE ASKED TO JUDGE THE DEGREE OF SIMILARITY AMONG 30 AIR-TRAFFIC CONTROL STIMULI USING THE METHOD OF SUCCESSIVE INTERVALS. THESE DATA WERE ANALYZED ACCORDING TO THE "POINTS-OF-VIEW" PROCEDURES DEVELOPED BY TUCKER AND MESSICK. 4 DIMENSIONS OF VIEWPOINT WERE EXTRACTED REPRESENTING 4 MAJOR SUBGROUPS OF SS, EACH OF WHICH EXHIBITED CONSISTENTLY DIFFERENT EMPHASES IN THEIR JUDGMENT OF STIMULUS SIMILARITY. RESULTS INDICATED THAT (1) ASSIGNMENT TO A VIEWPOINT GROUP WAS RELATED TO TRAINING AND COMPETENCY LEVEL, AND (2) SS WITH GREATER PROFICIENCY TENDED TO VIEW THE STIMULI, NOT IN TERMS OF THEIR PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS, BUT RATHER IN TERMS OF THE RESPONSES THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR AIR-TRAFFIC CONTROL. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
