이 연구는 일반적인 인지이론을 조종사 기술의 범위로 확대시켜, 조종사가 얼마나 빠르고 정확하게 상황인식을 하는지를 제시문과 비행 장면 일치성 측정을 통해 알아보았다. 이 연구의 목적은 두 가지 측면의 변인에 따라 상황인식이 전문성의 영향을 받는지를 알아보는 것이다. 비행 요소간의 관계를 나타내는 비행 상황 변인들과 비행 요소의 내용을 나타내는 비행 상황 변인들 모두 비행 상황인식에 영향을 주었다 그리고 작업기억은 다양한 정보들을 통합시키는 데 결정적인 역할을 하는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 비행 상황인식의 바탕인 인지적 과정을 나타내는 구조화통합 모델의 이론적 틀 안에서 설명되어진다.
This research extends a general theory of human cognition to an applied domain of piloting skills. We examined how fast and accurately pilots achieve and maintain situation awareness in flight by measuring their consistency judgment between a written statement describing a flight situation and a cockpit display showing a current state of an aircraft. The goal of this research is to determine whether situation awareness is influenced by expertise level as a Auction of two different kinds of flight situation variables. It was revealed that flight situation variables representing relations between flight elements had an effect on situation awareness. Working memory was found to play a critical role in integrating a variety of flight information form multiple sources. It was also revealed that flight situation variables representing the contents of flight elements had influence on situation awareness in flight. These results were explained in a theoretical framework of a construction-integration model to reveal the cognitive processes underlying situation awareness in flight.
