What is on your mind? Using the perceptual cycle model and critical decision method to understand the decision-making process in the cockpit

Ergonomics

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1232-1250

  Plant, Katherine L ^a   Stanton, Neville A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aeronautical decision making; critical decision method; perceptual cycle model; schema theory

Indexed keywords

AERONAUTICAL DECISION-MAKING; CYCLE MODEL; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; DECISION METHOD; DECISION OUTCOME; MENTAL REPRESENTATIONS; PROCESS-ORIENTATED; SCHEMA THEORY;

DECISION MAKING;

DECISION THEORY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AVIATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERCEPTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884417605     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2013.809480     Document Type: Article

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