Human Factors in Simulation and Training, 2nd Edition

7 Decision-Making under Crisis ConditionsA Training and Simulation Perspective

Jiahao Yu, Tiffany Nickens, Dahai Liu, and Dennis A. Vincenzi

DOI: 10.1201/9781003401353-7

CONTENTS

Introduction

Effects of Time Stress and Uncertainty on Decision-Making

Other Effects on Human Decision Makers under Crisis Conditions

Decision-Making Theories

Decision-Making Performance Measures

Crisis Decision-Making Training

General and Stress Training

Simulation

Microworld

Conclusion

References

Introduction

Humans make decisions every day. These range from life-planning decisions, such as whether to take a job after college or go to graduate school, to quotidian decisions about what to eat for lunch. Decision-making is a task in which “a person must select ...