Acta Psychologica Sinica


Volume 24 No 3, pp. 288-296 (1992)

A REPERTORY GRID METHOD STUDY ON COGNITIVE TACTICS OF SENIOR TECHNICIANS

SHI Kan, XU Liancang and XUE Tao

Abstract

In this study the cognitive tactics of senior technicians in manmachine system was proposed using repertory grid method. It was found that: 1) In the cognitive structures of sinior technicians there are cognitive maps which can diagnose the complex factors, and the cognitive maps made up of breakdowns and cause characteristics with specially designated patterns. They are crucial effects in the training of complex skill. 2) The repertory grid, method is an effective method in functional simulation of experts' cognitive structures. This method not only gives new information on the experts' heuristic tactics with its objective projection, exploring the unknown cognitive structures, but also has impressive applied prospects in the training and assessment of complex skill.
Keywords: repertory grid method; senior technician; cognitive map; cognitive tactics; element; construct

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