Cognitive and Affective Predictors of Simulation Performance

The following paper discusses a study that investigated how select cognitive and affective assessment surveys may be predictive of decision-making performance in a training simulation. In this study, Army Officers completed a simulation and answered cognitive assessment surveys. Results showed that scores on the Uncertainty Response Scale, Desire for Change subscale (Greco & Roger, 2001), were predictive of overall performance. As predicted, there were also significant changes in affect, as measured by the Multiple Affect Adjective Check List – Revised (Lubin & Zuckerman, 1999), on all subscales in response to key events within the simulation. These affective responses are indicative of the participants ’ immersion in the simulation as the