Risk-taking set and target detection performance

Abstract

An experiment tested the hypothesis that an observer's risk-taking set is related to his target-detection performance on a radar dsiplay. Ss were given an equal number of trials under neutral, risky, and cautious sets, where differential sets were produced by instructions. As hypothesized, when instructed to adopt a risky set, Ss made earlier detections of targets and had a higher false-positive identification rate than the same Ss when instructed to adopt a cautious set. These findings support the contention that radar detection performance can be regarded as a decision task. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)