Date of Award
6-1991
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Dr. William K. Redmon
Second Advisor
Dr. Jack Michael
Third Advisor
Dr. Alan Poling
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
A computer simulation was developed to examine the effects of immediate versus delayed visual feedback on the accuracy of identifying specified aberrations in sample stimuli. In a self-paced computer tutorial, subjects learned to identify particular aberrations in a schematic diagram of a hard disk drive. During experimental sessions, subjects were exposed to a series of 200 samples presented four at a time sequentially on a computer screen, and were required to indicate with a computer mouse whether or not each sample drive contained an aberration. Accuracy of error detection was assessed under four experimental conditions: (1) self-paced, immediate feedback; (2) self-paced, delayed feedback; (3) machine-paced, immediate feedback; and (4) machine-paced, delayed feedback. The order of error detection accuracy, from greatest to least, occurred under the (a) self-paced, immediate feedback condition; (b) self-paced, delayed feedback; (c) machine-paced, immediate feedback; and (d) machine-paced, delayed feedback conditions.
Recommended Citation
Mason, Matthew A., "The Effects of Immediate Versus Delayed Feedback on Error Detection Accuracy in a Quality Control Simulation" (1991). Masters Theses. 982.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/982