Date of Award
Spring 2012
Access Type
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Degree Name
Master of Science in Human Factors & Systems
Department
Human Factors and Systems
Committee Chair
Albert J. Boquet
First Committee Member
Shawn Michael Doherty
Second Committee Member
Nickolas D. Macchiarella
Abstract
The power of an individual's presence to influence another's behavior is apparent in many aspects of human interaction. Performance competitions, team working environments, as well as instructor-student relationships, to name a few, have demonstrated the potential to produce social facilitation and interference effects on the participating individuals behavior and performance (Hazel, 1978). These exact effects could support or hinder learning and affect training outcomes in a training environment. The goal of the present study was to examine the effects of the presence of an instructor (audience) on task performance and test anxiety levels of an individual during the early stages of flight simulation training. While trends indicated that a stronger performance was achieved by test participants in the no audience, low test anxiety and simple task groups, results revealed that only task complexity had a direct relationship with errors and time, causing test participants to commit more mistakes and require more time as complexity increased.
Scholarly Commons Citation
Mehrzad, Heidi Manijeh, "Social Facilitation and Test Anxiety in Flight Simulation Training" (2012). Doctoral Dissertations and Master's Theses. 105.
https://commons.erau.edu/edt/105
