Training to break the barriers of habit in reasoning about unusual faults

Patrick, John, Grainger, Leigh, Gregov, Anna, Halliday, Polly, Handley, Jim, James, Nic and O'Reilly, Sinéad 1999. Training to break the barriers of habit in reasoning about unusual faults. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied 5 (3) , pp. 314-335. 10.1037/1076-898X.5.3.314

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Abstract

Two studies of experienced operators in a process-control plant aimed to improve diagnosis of unusual multiple faults through training. A process-tracing methodology analyzed operators' concurrent verbalizations and actions during simulated fault scenarios. In Study 1, training increased awareness of multiple faults and provided a heuristic for switching to a representation that included multiple-fault hypotheses. Training had no effect on diagnostic accuracy, although fewer incorrect single-fault hypotheses were regenerated. In Study 2, operators practiced identifying the inconsistencies between a single-fault hypothesis and fault symptoms and modifying this hypothesis into a consistent multiple-fault hypothesis. Training improved diagnostic accuracy because of improved hypothesis modification processes.

Item Type:	Article
Status:	Published
Schools:	Psychology
Publisher:	American Psychological Association
ISSN:	1939-2192
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2016 03:07
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/34507

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