Individual Differences in Criterion Task Set Performance

As part of a larger standardization study of the U.S. Air Force Criterion Task Set (CTS), a number of individual difference variables were assessed to evaluate their relationship to CTS performance. The selection of these individual difference variables was based on their known or hypothesized relationship to performance or perceptual abilities. This paper reports some of the preliminary findings with regard to these individual difference variables. Of the variables measured, Stimulus Screening, Thrill and Adventure Seeking, Neuroticism, Type–A Behavior, and General Intelligence showed the most promising relationships to CTS performance variables.