Use of Cognitive Task Analysis to Probe Option-Generation in Law Enforcement:

摘要: Option-generation paradigms have been employed successfully to investigate skill-based differences in performance, particularly complex, dynamic, and/or uncertain domains. However, although knowledge of option-generation behavior (e.g., number options generated, frequency with which the criterion best option is selected) informative, underlying basis for observed not always apparent. To address this issue, we probed using cognitive task analysis. Experienced and less-experienced law enforcement officers first temporally-occluded video simulations, then completed an task. The analysis comprised elicitation retrospective verbal reports thinking, followed by video-stimulated recall; these data revealed information that potentially explains provided relevant design decision-making training.