1st Edition

Advances in Design for Cross-Cultural Activities Part I

Edited By Dylan D. Schmorrow, Denise M. Nicholson Copyright 2013
    480 Pages 123 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    This reference focuses on decision-making styles within cultures. It focuses on cooperative, collaborative, avoidant, competitive, and dominant styles of decision making, and discusses how each process is modified by the culture. The contributors examine issues within culture that affect decision making, such as individualism and collectivism, considered the most important influences in decision making. This reference is one of 10 predicted to be derived from the 2012 Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE) Conference.

    Section I: Perceptual Training for Cross Cultural Decision Making 1 Perceptual training for cross cultural decision making (session overview) 2 Methodology for developing the expert model: The case of the combat hunter 3 Instructional strategies for cross-cultural perceptual skills in military training 4 Bridging the gap between humans and systems: An HSI case study of perceptual training systems and tools 5 Tailoring culturally-situated simulation for perceptual training you hear me now? Verbal cues to enhance perception 7 Recognizing patterns of anomie that set the conditions for Insurgency Section II: Tactical Culture Training: Narrative, Personality, and Decision Making 8 Assessing changes in decision making as a result of training 9 Methods for capturing cultural lessons learned and training cross-cultural skills 10 Credibility assessment and inference for fusion of hard and soft Information 11 Economic and civic engagement: Indicators derived from imagery 12 Soldier skills to develop, enhance, and support host-nation governance 13 Towards a taxonomy of socio-cultural factors that influence decision making Section III: Application of Human, Social, Culture Behavioral Modeling Technology 14 Enhancing cognitive models with affective state for improved

    Biography

    Schmorrow\, Dylan D.; Nicholson\, Denise M.