Social-Psychophysiological
Compliance as a Predictor of Future Team Performance
R. A. Henning & K. T. Korbelak |
Social
psychophysiological compliance (SPC) was tested as a predictor of
future team performance of two-person teams performing a self-paced
projective tracking task under laboratory conditions. Undergraduate
students (N 16 teams, aged 17 to 23 yrs) worked in parallel using
separate X-Y joysticks to guide a virtual object through a complex
path. One team member controlled the horizontal position of the object
while the other controlled vertical. Unexpected changes in task control
dynamics occurred at a randomly-selected point in the path: either
horizontal and vertical (HV) control were swapped between team members,
directional control was reversed, or both HV swap plus directional
reversal occurred. Higher cardiac SPC (cross correlation, lag=0)
scores predicted lower tracking error from path centerline (p<.O1)
but did not predict collision severity between object and path wall.
The results indicate that SPC has some potential far assessing a
team's readiness to handle unexpected task demands in the immediate
future. Key words: social psychophysiological compliance, teamwork, cybernetics |