Internalizing the System Dynamics for a Second-Order System

Three groups of subjects, differing in the kinds of augmentation provided, were trained to control a continuously moving track in a second-order system. Differences in performance among the three groups occurred only in transfer experiments when subjects were required to apply their knowledge, or their internal model, to solve system problems. These results indicated that subjects in a parabola-augmented group had learned to internalize this cue and mentally manipulate it to solve system problems even when the cue was not displayed. Subjects in the other two groups, a point-augmented group and a nonaugmented control group, used a set of simplifying rules, some correct and others incorrect, to guide their behavior. The results indicated that accurate control of the system does not necessarily imply that the operator's internal model of the system is also accurate. In addition, augmentation that made the system appear consistent was important in the development of an internal model.

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