Naturalistic Decision Making

Martin Pletzer (m.pletzer_at_aon.at)
Thu, 15 Oct 1998 10:19:07 +0200

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Hi Terry,

Your approach to Decision Making sounds really interesting. The more I =
read about aviation accidents and incidents, I feel that the =
"conservative" way of decision making (situation analysis, gather =
information, process information, evaluate alternatives,...) is not =
applied during high workload situations and therefore usually not a =
"contributing factor". As long as we have enough time and as long as we =
are not impaired by fatigue, complacency, subtle coercion,... , we can =
follow this decision making model.
But as soon as our brain gets under pressure, we revert to what you call =
"naturalistic DM" or "Recognition Primed DM". Understanding this =
mechanism and recognizing the situations when we revert to "automatic =
mode" (thank you, Paul!), is of utmost importance in HF training.
The more we teach the "traps", that we can fall into, the better is our =
chance to avoid them.

Terry, I would be pleased if you could send me a copy of your mentioned =
articles!

Thank you very much!

Martin Pletzer
Amselweg 3
A-9020 Klagenfurt
Austria
m.pletzer_at_aon.at

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Hi Terry,
 
Your approach to Decision Making = sounds really=20 interesting.  The more I read about aviation accidents and = incidents, I=20 feel that the "conservative" way of decision making (situation = analysis, gather information, process information, evaluate = alternatives,...) is=20 not applied during high workload situations and therefore usually not a=20 "contributing factor".  As long as we have enough time = and as=20 long as we are not impaired by fatigue, complacency, subtle coercion,... = , we=20 can follow this decision making model.
But as soon as our brain gets under = pressure, we=20 revert to what you call "naturalistic DM" or "Recognition = Primed=20 DM". Understanding this mechanism and recognizing the situations = when we=20 revert to "automatic mode" (thank you, Paul!), is of utmost = importance=20 in HF training.
The more we teach the "traps", that we can = fall=20 into, the better is our chance to avoid them.
 
Terry, I would be pleased if you could send me a = copy of your=20 mentioned articles!
 
Thank you very much!
 
Martin Pletzer
Amselweg 3
A-9020 Klagenfurt
Austria
m.pletzer_at_aon.at
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