Title

Review Of Psychomotor Skills In Pilot Selection Research Of The U.S. Military Services

Abstract

This review provides an historical perspective of the use of psychomotor, perceptual-cognitive paper-and-pencil, and automated tests for the selection of pilot trainees by the U.S. military services. Automated versions of vintage psychomotor tests (developed in the 1930s and 1940s) seem to be as predictive of military pilot/aviator performance today as in the past. The psychomotor tests receiving the most attention today are the Complex Coordination and Two-Hand Coordination tests originally developed by Mashburn and colleges before World War II (Mashburn, 1934). These tests were significant predictors of Air Force and Navy pass-fail criteria in the past, and automated versions are similarly predictive today. The U.S. Army and Air Force are now using a combination of paper-and-pencil and automated psychomotor-cognitive tests for initial selection (Air Force) or helicopter assignment (Army). It appears that the Navy is considering the use of automated cognitive and psychomotor tests in a selection battery of the future.

Publication Date

1-1-1996

Publication Title

International Journal of Aviation Psychology

Volume

6

Issue

2

Number of Pages

125-147

Document Type

Review

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327108ijap0602_2

Socpus ID

0030299108 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0030299108

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