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Showing 1 to 20 of 81 for “"Human Factors Psychology"”.
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"I am not sexist:" application of the Dunning-Kruger effect to perceptions of one's own sexism
<p>In America, a large population of people believe that sexism does not exist, while sexism researchers would disagree with this sentiment. One possible explanation for this discrepancy is the Dunning-Kruger effect. The Dunning-Kruger effect states that individuals may experience insufficient …
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The monoamine oxidase A gene as a potential moderator of the relationship between parental rearing and symptoms of borderline personality disorder in female undergraduates
… consensus concerning the relative importance of factors contributing to development of BPD. Linehan’s 1993 biosocial model of BPD provides a framework for investigating factors such as biological vulnerabilities and invalidating environments. Although extreme versions of invalidation, such as …
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The Impact of Individual and Team-Level Variables on Burnout in Healthcare Providers
… is that there are multiple categories of factors which lead to the development of burnout including personal characteristics, social characteristics, and job/work characteristics. Because of the highly collaborative and interpersonal nature of healthcare work, the interactions among team …
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CHRONIC PAIN ACCEPTANCE: OPTIMISM MEDIATES THE RELATION BETWEEN DISPOSITIONAL MINDFULNESS AND PAIN ACCEPTANCE
<p>ABSTRACT</p> <p>Chronic pain is associated with many indicators of maladjustment. We expected that five individual components of dispositional mindfulness would be positively associated with pain willingness (Hypothesis 1) and activity engagement (Hypothesis 2). A mediational hypothesis was …
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Increasing an individuals trait gratitude by modifying interpretation biases
<p>The purpose of this research was to determine if a person’s disposition of gratitude can be modified through Interpretation Bias Modification (IBM) techniques. This research should help us understand the causal relationship between interpretation-bias and gratitude. Because gratitude is vital to …
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Tap, Swipe, and Connect: Exploring Perceptions of Inclusivity Through Smartphone Design and Accessibility
<p>There has been an increasing importance placed on customization of products and desire for the product to allow the consumer to express themselves or fit into desired social groups with their product choices. Designing products to be inclusive can encompass these desires, as well as ensure that …
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Politics and pandemics: an investigation of the potential covariates in the relationship between conservative political ideology and reduced facemask wearing
… political identity and less mask wearing. Other factors are discussed that could potentially account for the remaining variance in this relationship. This line of research may aid public health officials in their recommendations to society so that populations with low adherence to pandemic …
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The Aviation Illusion-Situational Judgment Test: Development and Evaluation
<p>Situational judgment tests (SJTs) are scenario-based assessments that evaluate an individual's capacity to make key judgments relating to specific contexts. While SJTs are traditionally used for personal selection (e.g., managers, customer service personnel, and police officers), SJTs also …
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Workload Transitions and Stress: Changes Over Time
<p>Workload transitions are situations where operators are suddenly confronted with levels of workload substantially different from previously established levels. Workload transitions may affect the operators' state of stress and coping behaviors but previous research has not conclusively …
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Examining Therapist Experience with Resistant Clients
<p>This qualitative phenomenological study involved an exploration of the lived experiences of 10 licensed therapists with substantial encounters with resistant clients. The phenomenon under investigation is relevant to those working in the mental health industry because resistance in psychotherapy …
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Pilot Acceptance of Personal, Wearable Fatigue Monitoring Technology: An Application of the Extended Technology Acceptance Model
… purpose of this study was to determine the factors that affect United States certified airline transport pilots’ behavioral intention to use personal, wearable fatigue monitoring technology (FMT), such as a Fitbit or Apple Watch, to assess their personal fatigue levels. FMT could potentially …
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Know Your User: Building a Predictive Model of Consumer Preference for Driverless Cars
<p>INTRODUCTION: This dissertation identifies factors significantly predicting participants' preference for riding in an autonomous vehicle rather than flying on a commercial aircraft. A plethora of research has investigated these two transportation industries independently; however, scarcely any …
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Enhancing Undergraduate Learning in Physics: The Effects of AI-Assisted and AI-Guided Instruction on Knowledge, Self-Efficacy, and Satisfaction
<p>Generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as large language models are increasingly used for self-directed learning, yet there is limited experimental evidence on whether they improve learning outcomes and whether theory-informed guidance adds value beyond AI use alone. Prior literature …
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It's Not Just a Game: Exploring the Effects of an Escape Room Team Building Intervention
<p>Escape rooms have been used as a training intervention in multiple contexts, but their efficacy as a team building intervention is not well understood. The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of a team building escape room on perceptions of team processes and perceived team …
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Effects of Gamification on Knowledge Acquisition: Aviation Weather Online Training
<p>Due to the high popularity of gaming, researchers have begun to implement aspects of these games into real life (known as gamification). Motivation and engagement may be influenced by certain game mechanics and user types, which then could also impact learning. A gap still exists as to whether …
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Hemispheric Effects of Response Hand and Concurrent Auditory and Visual Information Processing on Task Performance
<p>Previous research (cf. Wickens, Mountford & Schreiner, 1981; Wickens & Sandry, 1982) has suggested that performance is facilitated by maintaining "integrity" between the hemisphere of information input, processing, and motor response. This task-hemispheric integrity has been found to exist …
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EMS to Trauma Care Transitions: An Investigation of Patient and Handoff Outcomes
… Prior research has provided evidence that these factors contribute to the higher survivability rates and lower length of stay times for patients. While evidence of the increased patient health-related outcomes of helicopter-transported patients remains consistent, there is controversy in the …
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Communicating With Graphic User Interfaces: A Comparison of Menu Selection and Menu Bypass Techniques
<p>The present study was conducted in two phases to determine design tradeoffs relating to command bar menu and bypass code-based techniques for interacting with computers. Forty eight subjects participated. In the first phase of the experiment, mouse-, chorded key-, and function key-based menu …
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The Role of Trust as a Mediator Between System Characteristics and Response Behaviors
<p>There have been several theoretical frameworks that acknowledge trust as a prime mediator between system characteristics and automation reliance. Some researchers have operationally defined trust as the behavior exhibited. Other researchers have suggested that although trust may guide operator …
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Fixation Patterns of Driving Scenes as a Function of Task Load and Task Goal
<p>Distracted driving has been a heavily researched area, and the negative impacts it has on driving performance is well known. Eye movement patterns of distracted drivers have also been studied, though insight into what the driver specifically looks at is not as well known. Researchers have …
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