Accession Number:

ADA183460

Title:

Productivity: Effects of Information Feedback on Human Errors.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. 1 Oct 77-31 Jan 79,

Corporate Author:

INSTITUTE FOR BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH INC SILVER SPRING MD

Personal Author(s):

• Parsons,H. M.

Report Date:

1980-07-31

Pagination or Media Count:

40.0

Abstract:

This report describes a research program exploring the effects of verbal consequators information feedback or reinforcerspunishers on human errors in copying, detection, and coding tasks. The program undertook three experimental studies, a study of consequator ratings, and a mapping of consequation variables, but failed to produce evidence of differential effects, though much was learned about the methodology of inducing errors experimentally. The ratings study has implications for job performance. Keywords Productivity, Information processing, Copying, Detection, Coding, Reinforcemnt, Consequation.

Descriptors:

• *PERFORMANCE(HUMAN)
• *INFORMATION PROCESSING
• CODING
• ERRORS
• PRODUCTIVITY
• EXPERIMENTAL DATA
• DETECTION
• FEEDBACK
• JOBS
• RATINGS
• VARIABLES
• MAPPING

Subject Categories:

• Information Science
• Psychology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE