Transfer of Training on Manual Control Systems Differing in Short Period Frequency and Damping Characteristics

Each of foiir groiips of 16 subjects ivas traiiied oti oiie of foiir conipeiisatory tracking tasks that differed with regard to short period riatiiral freqiieiicy (03 aiid daiiipiiig characteristics (2503. After coiiipletioii of the traiiiiiig sessioiis, the iiieriibers of each groiip either traits-ferred to a task oii ivliicli they liad iiot beeti trained or coritiiiiied with their original task. Analysis of the traiiiiiig data indicated that relative task difficiilty was largely deteriiiiiied by systeiit daiiipirig ivliicli, liowever, had little effect 011 tlie aiiioiiiit of traiisfer during the traiisfer trials. The effect of system freqiieiicy ivas esseiitially reversed, arid a marked iriterac-tioii betweeit traiiiitig aiid traiisfer freqiieiicies ivas observed iit the traitsfer data. Similar resiilts were obtaiiied both with relative error scores arid traiisiiifonriatioiz scores. Positive traiisfer ivas exhibited by most of tlie groiips ivlieii they traiisferred to tasks oit ivliicii they liad iiot beeit traiiied. INTRODUCTION dynamic response characteristics. From the Secondary and tertiary back up controls are frequently designed into a system to re-duce the hazard resulting from potential fail