Cognitive flexibility and adaptability to environmental changes in dynamic complex problem-solving tasks

摘要: People who show good performance in dynamic complex problem-solving tasks can also make errors. Theories of human error fail to fully explain when and why performers err. Some theories would predict that these errors are some extent the consequence difficulties people have adapting new unexpected environmental conditions. However, such cannot conditions lead error, while others do not. There defend notion more cognitively flexible better able adapt fact is they sometimes face those This paper describes one experiment a research methodology designed test hypothesis use strategy, their only affected by which relevant particular strategy. derived from based on interaction between cognitive mechanisms environment.