When expectancies become certainties: a potential adverse effect of experience. In Underwood G (Ed) Traffic and transport psychology : theory and application
VAN ELSLANDE ; ALBERTON ; ROTHENGATTER ; CARBONELL VAYA
Type de document
CHAPITRE D'OUVRAGE (CO)
Langue
anglais
Auteur
VAN ELSLANDE ; ALBERTON ; ROTHENGATTER ; CARBONELL VAYA
Résumé / Abstract
THE EXPERIENCE OBTAINED BY REPEATING AN ACTIVITY IS A VARIABLE MOST FREQUENTLY QUOTED WITH REGARD TO THE BENEFIT ACQUIRED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THIS ACTIVITY. WHILST NOT BRINGING THIS IRREFUTABLE ASPECT INTO QUESTION, WE TRIED NEVERTHELESS TO REVEAL THE POTENTIALLY NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF OVER-EXPOSURE TO A SITUATION WHICH COULD PRODUCE COGNITIVE ROUTINES AND AN INFLEXIBLE ANALYSIS OF THE EVENT ENCOUNTERED. THE FIELD OF RESEARCH IS DRIVING ACTIVITY CONSIDERED AS A TYPICAL EXAMPLE OF HUMAN BEHAVIOUR IN A NATURAL SITUATION. THE PROCESS STUDIED IS THAT OF THE EXPECTANCIES FORMULATED BY DRIVERS WITH REGARD TO HOW THE SITUATIONS THEY ENCOUNTER WILL DEVELOP. AN EMPIRICAL SECTION (IN-DEPTH ACCIDENT ANALYSIS) AND AN EXPERIMENTAL SECTION (LABORATORY TASKS) ARE PRESENTED.;
Editeur
Pergamon Press
