Interactive Effects of Sex and Psychosocial Interventions on Work Pace and Accuracy in a Self-Paced Product-Assembly Task

• Published in: Perceptual and motor skills Vol. 93; no. 3; pp. 879 - 898
• Main Authors: Schell, Kraig L., Grasha, Anthony F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.12.2001; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Attention; Cues; Female; Gender Identity; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Motor ability; Pharmaceutical Services; Psychology; Psychomotor Performance; Sexes; Stereotyped Behavior; Stress, Psychological - complications; Task Performance and Analysis; Type A Personality

This study was designed to assess the effect of participants' sex and two performance-enhancing interventions on performance in a laboratory-based product-assembly task. The task environment simulated dispensing medications as in a pharmacy. 33 men and 59 women worked in the simulation, complet...