Title
Functional Fidelity, Context-Matching, And Individual Differences In Performance
Abstract
Conventional personality questionnaires are often only weak predictors of operational performance. A major problem is that personality effects are moderated by contextual factors which may be mismatched across laboratory and real-world studies. Context mismatch threatens the 'functional fidelity' of laboratory performance tasks; the extent to which the individual behaves as they would in the operational environment. Three research strategies for enhancing the functional fidelity of laboratory studies of individual differences are proposed. First, contexts relevant to specific personality traits may be developed in the laboratory. For example, socially threatening environments may be necessary to find meaningful effects of neuroticism. Second, traits linked to a specific performance context may be employed. The validity of traits for driver stress vulnerability supports this approach. Third, psychophysiological responses to simulations of the cognitive demands of the work environment may be used. Our recent work shows that stress and hemodynamic responses to short high-workload tasks predict longer-duration sustained performance. Copyright 2010 by Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Inc. All rights reserved.
Publication Date
12-1-2010
Publication Title
Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
Volume
1
Number of Pages
220-224
Document Type
Article; Proceedings Paper
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1518/107118110X12829369200639
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
79952975556 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/79952975556
STARS Citation
Matthews, Gerald; Warm, Joel S.; Reinerman-Jones, Lauren E.; Langheim, Lisa K.; and Guznov, Svyatoslav, "Functional Fidelity, Context-Matching, And Individual Differences In Performance" (2010). Scopus Export 2010-2014. 447.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2010/447