Performance Decrement under Psychological Stress

Abstract

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Stress and Human Performance

“…If to crash, and having the ,ubjects fill out a checklist on the way down (see Berkun, 1964). Others have examined parachuting (Burke, 1980,;1ammerton and Tickner, 1969), cr other dangerous situations.…”

“…flight emergency training (Dougherty, Houston, & Nickles, * 1957;Smode, Hall, & Meyer, 1966), performance decrements (Berkun, 1964;ern., 1966). and combat (Kubala & Warnick, 1979).…”

Selection of Personnel for Stressful Occupations: The Potential Utility of Psychophysiological Measures as Selection Tools

“…Performance has been shown to be impaired by a variety of stressors such as high noise (Broadbent, 1978;Poulton, 1978), increased workload (Goldstein & Dorfman, 1978), crowding (Hayduk, 1983;Schmidt & Keating, 1979), performance pressure (Baumeister, 1984;Baumeister & Steinhilber, 1984), psychological stress (Berkun, 1964), and anticipatory threat of shock (Wachtel, 1968). In operational performance studies, Villoldo and Tarno (1984) have reported that performance stress alone can cause increased errors while Idzikowski and Baddeley (1983) have reported that the time taken to complete manual tasks will double under conditions of high stress.…”

Improving Navy recruit confidence expectancies and knowledge in a simulated chemical warfare environment.

“…In addition, research has examined diving emergencies (Radloff & Helmreich, 1972), flight emergency training (Dougherty, Houston, & Nicklas, 1957;Smode, Hall, & Meyer, 1966), performance decrements (Berkun, 1964;Kern, 1966), and combat stress (Kubala & Warnick, 1979).…”