Citation

Fortenberry JC, Smith LA. Proc. Hum. Factors Ergon. Soc. Annu. Meet. 1975; 19(1): 145-149.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1975, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/154193127501900129

PMID

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Abstract

Human risk-taking in simulated occupational situations containing personal injury as a hazard was investigated. The occupational situations of interest are those requiring manual interaction with active machine components within given time constraints. The results of three studies are presented with emphasis on the third study. The first two investigated the relationship between selected personal attributes and subjects1 risk-taking tendencies as described by the maximum probability of failure under which they would accept a risk. The variables of interest in the first study were principally perceptual-motor skills. The second study was directed at the question: Do introverts and extraverts differ in the amount of risk they are willing to take relative to their abilities, and if so, what causes the difference? In the third study, subjects worked in pairs, (one the decision maker, one the performer) under eight conditions of potential gain or loss. Comparisons were made of the risks subjects selected for themselves and the other person. Personality factors which may influence decision making were measured.

Language: en