Information Processing (chpt.7)

Question 1

Situation Awareness

Answer 1

Situation Awareness Global Assessment Technique (SAGAT). Operator is briefly interrupted in the performance of a dynamic task and asked questions about it.
SubjectiveTechnique.

Question 2

Problem Solving and Troubleshooting

Answer 2

People maintain no more than two or three active hypothesis in active memory.Trouble shooting success depend upon attending to the appropriate cures and test outcomes.Cognitive Tuning and confirmation biases. Complexity

Question 3

Predicted State: (Planning and Scheduling)

Answer 3

State of system that us being controlled.

Question 4

Meta cognition and Effort

Answer 4

Knowledge in the World, Knowledge in the Head Meta cognition refers to people’s knowledge about their own knowledge and abilities.

Question 5

Attention andTime-Sharing

Answer 5

Mental Effort and Resource Demand, Structural Similarity

Confusion,Task Management and Interruptions, Time Sharing,Overload

Question 6

Cognitive Tunneling

Answer 6

Result from top down processing Tendency to stay fixed on a particular hypothesis.

Question 7

Confirmation Bias

Answer 7

High system complexity High degree of coupling

Question 8

Command State: (Planning and Scheduling)

Answer 8

State of system that should be obtained.

Question 9

Two Cognitive Constructs

Answer 9

Situation Awareness accurate estimate of future state and future demands