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Effects Of Challenge And Skill On Videogame Flow, Steven Bunnell, Heisha Pruna

Human Factors and Applied Psychology Student Conference

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The Dark Side Of Practice: Outcomes Of Practice Performance, Kaeley Timmel, Wendy Bedwell, Keaton Fletcher, Lyndsea Smith

Human Factors and Applied Psychology Student Conference

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You’Ve Got Mail: Examination Of A Brief Online Email Training, Jake R. Mathwich, Keaton A. Fletcher, Wendy L. Bedwell

Human Factors and Applied Psychology Student Conference

Many companies train employees on writing emails in seminar-style training sessions. However, in-person, seminar-style trainings are costly. This study aims to create a training program, rooted in the science of training to address these needs. We examine the mechanisms of action by which the training influences performance and intent to transfer. To do this, we call upon several models of training effectiveness (see Alliger, Tannenbaum, Bennett, & Traver, 1997; Baldwin & Ford, 1988; and Kirkpatrick, 1959). Taken together, these models suggest that individual differences will predict affective reactions, which will lead to utility reactions, ultimately leading to learning. We aim …

Describing The User Experience Of Wearable Fitness Technology Through Online Product Reviews, Daniela Zapata-Ocampo

Human Factors and Applied Psychology Student Conference

Regular exercise has many health benefits, however a major problem in the United States is that Americans do not exercise enough to reap these advantages. Although there are many ways that one can be motivated to exercise, the use of wearable technologies such as fitness tracking devices show great promise as an individual, and cost effective solution. On the other hand, many people who try out these devices end up returning them, leading to lower device acceptance rates. We examined online product reviews for wearable fitness devices in order to discover which factors led to product acceptance or rejection. Devices …

Does The Redundant Signals Effect Occur With Categorical Signals?, Ada D. Mishler, Mark B. Neider

Human Factors and Applied Psychology Student Conference

The redundant signals effect (RSE) refers to a decrease in response time (RT) when multiple signals are present compared to when one signal is present. The RSE is widespread when responses are made to specific signals; for example, a participant who is asked to respond to the letter “N” will respond more quickly to two “Ns” than to one “N.” The current research was conducted to determine whether or not the RSE generalizes to categorical signals. In Experiment 1, participants pressed a button when they saw any number on a computer screen. Each trial contained two stimuli subtending 1º visual …

Social Facilitation And Its Effects On The Errors Of Commission In A Vigilance Task, Sean P. Bowser, Cristina A. Chirino, James L. Szalma

Human Factors and Applied Psychology Student Conference

Vigilance is known as sustained attention over a prolonged period of time in which respondents are required to respond to critical signals. Vigilance is crucial in a variety of settings and situations. However, when placed on a simple and repetitive task, such as security detail scanning bags or watching a radar in an airport control tower, performance on these vigilance tends to decline with time spent performing the task continuously. This pattern is referred to as the vigilance decrement. In addition to the decrement, errors of commission, or “false alarms”, occur more frequently as time on task increases. In the …

Simulating Mars: Student Projects At Mars Desert Research Station (Mdrs), Ashley Hollis-Bussey, Lycourgos Manolopoulos, Marc Carofano, Hiroki Sugimoto, Cassandra Vella, John Herman

Human Factors and Applied Psychology Student Conference

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The Effect Of Five-Factor Model Personality Traits On Role Choice In Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (Mmorpgs), Matthew D. Meyers

Human Factors and Applied Psychology Student Conference

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Psychophysiological Response And Perceived Workload When Working With An Adaptive Automation., Larry Van Lue

Human Factors and Applied Psychology Student Conference

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Event-Related Desynchronization Of The Mu-Rhythm: A Literature Review, Katy Lynn Odette

Human Factors and Applied Psychology Student Conference

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Outcomes Of Workplace Interruptions: Scale Development And Evidence Of A Positivity Bias, Maliha Majeed, Hans Kevin Pierre-Louis, Sean H. Soens, Keaton A. Fletcher, Britany N. Telford, Sean M. Potter

Human Factors and Applied Psychology Student Conference

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Training Healthcare Providers On Second Victims: Four Empirically-Supported Recommendations, Maha Balouch, Eesha Nashikkar, Keaton Fletcher, Wendy Bedwell

Human Factors and Applied Psychology Student Conference

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A Novel Videogame Platform For Studying Teams: Training And Predicting Role Comprehension Using Artemis, Erin D. Long, Galo Rodriguez, Nirma Kumarasiri, Keaton A. Fletcher, P. Scott Ramsay, Wendy L. Bedwell Ph.D

Human Factors and Applied Psychology Student Conference

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Equality And Hierarchy In Human-Robot Interaction, Kathryn E. Golden Miss, Kimberly Stowers

Human Factors and Applied Psychology Student Conference

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Do You Know If You Trust A Robot? Influences That Mediate Implicit And Explicit Trust, William G. Volante, Tracy Sanders, Ashley Reardon, Peter Hancock

Human Factors and Applied Psychology Student Conference

With the widespread expansion in fields of technology, the use of robotics in the average person’s everyday life continues to increase. This fast paced shift has brought about issues related to user trust. Here we investigate the effects of robot appearance and reliability on a user’s level of trust. Traditionally trust in the field of robotics has measured explicit trust, primarily through the use of self-report questionnaires. While we maintain this paradigm in our current work, we also expand on it by including a measure of implicit trust. This was achieved through the use of the Implicit Associations Test (IAT), …

Observing Pfc Activation In Older Adults During Category Learning, Pooja Patel

Human Factors and Applied Psychology Student Conference

There are many well-known theories of category learning, one of which is the COVIS (Competition between Verbal & Implicit Systems) theory. The COVIS theory postulates that there are two systems always competing to learn the classifying rule when categorizing—regions of basal ganglia, and the prefrontal cortex (PFC). Literature supports that explicit learning is largely mediated by the PFC, while the more subcortical regions facilitates in categorizing non-verbalizable and implicit learning. Based off the assumptions of COVIS we can hypothesize that when an explicit method of categorization is being used for an implicit task, we should see greater activation, because the …

Attitudes Of Air Pollution From Commercial Aircraft: A Comparison Between Cultures And Genders, Sierra L. Gaenicke, Scott R. Winter, Stephen Rice, Ismael Cremer

Human Factors and Applied Psychology Student Conference

Studies have focused on cultural and gender differences based on perceptions of air pollution. Although these studies provided valuable information on cultural and gender differences on perceptions of air pollution, there have not been studies conducted regarding consumer’s perceptions on air pollution from commercial aircraft and their willingness to fly. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine how varying pollution levels influenced participant’s willingness to fly across two nationalities and genders.

In the study, five hundred and ninety-nine participants from India and the United States answered questions related to their attitudes toward flying on an aircraft emitting air …

Age And Trust In Air Traffic Controllers: A Comparison Between Two Countries, Rian Mehta, Stephen Rice, Natasha Rao, Amandine Coudert, Korhan Oyman

Human Factors and Applied Psychology Student Conference

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A Human Factors Approach To Improve The Department Of Defense's Patient Handoff Protocol, Nathan Walters, Agnes S. Fagerlund, Elizabeth H. Lazzara, Joseph Keebler, Elizabeth Blickensderfer

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Literature Review Of Deviant Behavior Assessments: Suggestions For Improvements, Miamor M. Aguirresaenz

Human Factors and Applied Psychology Student Conference

There are many structured assessments that are currently used to measure deviant behavior. The term “deviant behavior” is used to label a wide variety of behaviors ranging from drug abuse to sexual deviance to mental illness. These assessments are typically used to predict criminal behavior, drug abuse, and aggression. However, studies that have reviewed these measures have had mixed results to their effectiveness in predicting deviant behaviors. Additionally, what is considered deviant behavior is culturally subjective, so what might be considered deviation in one culture would not be in another. These assessments also typically rely on mail-in surveys or self-report …

Impact Of Auditory Affect On Urgent Behaviors On A Car Simulator, Cintya N. Larios, Mustapha Mouloua, Marc D. Gentzler

Human Factors and Applied Psychology Student Conference

Emotional content abounds the driver in different forms from billboard signs to in-vehicle devices to roadside situations. Such emotional scenes can result in unsafe driving behaviors and lead to collisions due to their ability to attract attentional resources and change driving goals to irrelevant ones (Megías et al. 2011b; Briggs et al, 2011). Recent studies have looked at the way auditory and visual emotional stimuli can impact individual’s decision under Evaluative and Urgent road environment behaviors. Evaluative behaviors are known as a categorization in which people judge a scene as risky or not, whereas Urgent behaviors are time sensitive, requiring …

Space Crew Composition: History Of Crew Demographics In Human Spaceflight, Chelsea Iwig, Carolyn Newton, Jason P. Kring

Human Factors and Applied Psychology Student Conference

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Transitioning Crew Resource Management Into Healthcare, Karissa Kasper, Florian G. Jentsch

Human Factors and Applied Psychology Student Conference

Crew Resource Management (CRM) originated in the field of aviation in the early 1980s after a large proportion of transport category airplane crashes were found to have been caused by preventable nontechnical skills, i.e., crew communication and coordination. Today, CRM is applied in training by exemplifying how to effectively work with coworkers while trying to accomplish a centralized goal. CRM transitioned from aviation to healthcare through the subfield of anesthesia in the early 1990s. It then began spreading to other areas of healthcare, such as operating rooms and obstetrics departments, after the release of a report from the Institute of …

Narratives In Video Games And User Experience, Emily E. Gonzalez-Holland

Human Factors and Applied Psychology Student Conference

This presentation will discuss how the narratives within video games create a better gaming experience for the player. Specifically, this presentation addresses user experience based on interactive and immersive narratives within the game. A narrative is a story or event presented in sequence; a narrative within a video game is the interactive storyline presented by the game designer. The key components of this paper rely heavily on user experience research done on video game interaction. This topic will cover human-computer interaction and immersion models which take into account interface interaction, user-defined tasking, and narrative building within video games. The importance …

Navigating Qualitative Assessments Of Chance: Quantifying Individual Perceptions Of Distinct Expressions, William G. Volante

Human Factors and Applied Psychology Student Conference

Often, humans must rely on their innate ability to describe the perceived chance of an event occurring using qualitative phrases, rather than quantitative values. These qualitative phrases often lead to a spectrum of meaning across individuals. Our aim in this study was two-fold; first, to distinguish a quantitative spectrum for these qualitative phrases, and second, to determine which of these phrases produced the largest variance between individuals. Personal differences were also looked at to determine if personality may play a role in these variations.

Examining Methods To Induce Cognitive Fatigue, Fernando Montalvo, James Kozachuk, Michael A. Rupp, Jessica R. Michaelis, Daniel S. Mcconnell, Janan A. Smither

Human Factors and Applied Psychology Student Conference

Cognitive fatigue is important to user task productivity and worker safety in critical occupations because it may cause exhaustion and difficulty executing mental tasks leading to increased errors and job related injuries. Activities that require sustained focused attention over time (i.e. vigilance) increase stress and induce cognitive fatigue. In careers where safety is critical, such as aviation, homeland security, and medicine, these errors can lead to serious injury or even death. Therefore, studying this phenomenon is crucial for findings ways to ameliorate these deleterious effects. In order to study cognitive fatigue effects in a laboratory setting researchers need to find …

Investigating Superstitious Beliefs In Technology, Gabrielle Simon, Alejandra Sosa, Michael A. Rupp, Daniel S. Mcconnell Ph.D.

Human Factors and Applied Psychology Student Conference

We completed an online survey to access the relationship between a novel measure of superstitious technological beliefs (STBs), computer skill, computer use, technological trust, negative attitudes toward robots, paranormal, and anthropomorphic beliefs. Trust in complex technological systems (e.g. automation, robots, etc.) is an important factor determining whether those systems will be used appropriately, used outside of their capabilities, or not used at all which may lead to loss of human life or property. Previous research has indicated that individual differences (e.g. experience, skill) are important considerations in complex technological systems. However, more research is needed to determine how individual differences …

Examining The Restorative Effects Of Casual Video Games, Alejandra Sosa, Gabrielle Simon, Richard Sweetman, Michael A. Rupp, Daniel S. Mcconnell Ph.D.

Human Factors and Applied Psychology Student Conference

Individuals who work in highly stressful jobs (e.g. doctors, soldiers) struggle with the daily impact of stress-related cognitive fatigue. High-pressured job tasks and worry for job security can produce an unstable internal environment for the individual, where stress and cognitive workload can intensify. Stress-induced fatigue generates a multitude of overwhelming problems for the individual. Due to society’s growing demand of productivity and efficiency, there is an essential need for finding a cost effective way to reduce cognitive fatigue and stress for everyone. This study analyzed and compared three relaxation methods (break, meditation, & game) to determine the effectiveness of brief …

The American Girl Retail Experience, Michelle Sinagra, Rachel M. Cunningham, Katlin Anglin, Christina Frederick Dr.

Human Factors and Applied Psychology Student Conference

The American Girl brand is characterized by its ability to promote identity development in young girls through play and educational experiences. Due to the accessibility of smart-devices (e.g. mobile and web based technologies) and the frequency of their use, recent trends in toy designs have shown an increase in digital/technology features. Taking this into consideration, American Girl has continuously emphasized doll-centric products and experiences that also satisfy consumer’s digital interests. American Girl’s interactive digital resources include: the entire American Girl website which features a wide selection of Games, Apps, activities, e-cards, the InnerStar University (i.e., an interactive world for My …

Testing Modality Affects Performance On The Santa Barbara Solids Test, Michael Torres, De'siree Reeves, Luke Furtak, Lexi R. Dewar, Shannon K.T. Bailey, Valerie K. Sims, James L. Szalma

Human Factors and Applied Psychology Student Conference

Spatial ability is associated with performance in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines and has been used to predict the likelihood of success in these fields (Wai, Lubinski, & Benbow, 2009). Classically, spatial ability has been assessed by tests that measure general factors of spatial ability. However, these factors may be limited in that they were not developed with individual differences or cognitive theories in mind (Cohen & Hegarty, 2012). Although traditional measures of spatial ability give insight into a person’s general spatial processing, Cohen and Hegarty (2012) point out the need for theoretically motivated spatial ability tests that …